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Mathematician Grappling with his Century (2001)

Birkhäuser

Publication Date: 2001
Edition Details: Translated by Leila Schners
Physical Details: viii + 490 pp., illus.
Language: English

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Mathematics Biographies Science and society Translations France Schwartz, Laurent

Description Discusses briefly Schwartz's mathematical views on the concept of distributions and his struggle for oppressed people and for human rights.

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Review Cooke, Roger (2003) Review of "Mathematician Grappling with his Century". Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology (p. 439). unapi

Review Siegmund-Schultze, Reinhard (2002) Review of "Mathematician Grappling with his Century". NTM: Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Technik und Medizin. unapi

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