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What Is Mathematics?

Richard Courant info, Herbert Robbins info

First published 1941

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About this book

A tour of real mathematics, from numbers and geometry to topology and calculus, for anyone curious.

The authors

Richard Courant

1888–1972 · German American mathematician

Professor at Cambridge
Professor at Göttingen
Professor at NYU

Profession: Mathematician, Physicist, Professor
Worked at: Göttingen, Cambridge, NYU
Studied at: Göttingen, University of Wrocław
Studied under: David Hilbert
Prizes: Fellow of the American Physical Society

Founded the Courant Institute at NYU after fleeing Nazi Germany.

Herbert Robbins

1915–2001 · American mathematician

Professor at Columbia
Professor at IAS Princeton
Professor at Imperial College London
Professor at NYU

Profession: Mathematician, Statistician, Professor
Worked at: Imperial College London, IAS Princeton, Columbia, NYU
Studied at: Harvard
Studied under: Hassler Whitney
Prizes: Guggenheim Fellowship (1952), Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (1948)

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Pairs with: How to Solve It (Pólya)

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