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Analogies Between Analogies - The Mathematical Reports of S.M. Ulam and his Los Alamos Collaborators (Paperback)
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Analogies Between Analogies - The Mathematical Reports of S.M. Ulam and his Los Alamos Collaborators (Paperback)
Series: Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory Series on Dynamic Material Properties, 10
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During his forty-year association with the Los Alamos National
Laboratory, mathematician Stanislaw Ulam wrote many Laboratory
Reports, usually in collaboration with colleagues. Some of them
remain classified to this day. The rest are gathered in this volume
and for the first time are easily accesible to mathematicians,
physical scientists, and historians. The timeliness of these papers
is remarkable. They contain seminal ideas in such fields as
nonlinear stochastic processes, parallel computation, cellular
automata, and mathematical biology. The collection is of historical
interest as well, During and after World War II, the complexity of
problems at the frontiers of science surpassed any technology that
had ever existed. Electronic computing machines had to be developed
and new computing methods had to be invented based on the most
abstract ideas from the foundations of mathematics and theoretical
physics. To these problems and others in physics, astronomy, and
biology, Ulam was able to bring both general insights and specific
conceptual contributions. His fertile ideas were far ahead of their
time, and ranged over many branches of science. In fact, his
mathematical versatility fulfilled the statement of his friend and
mentor, the great Polish mathematician Stefan Banach, who claimed
that the very best mathematicians see "analogies between
analogies." Introduced by A. R. Bednarek and Francoise Ulam, these
Los Alamos reports represent a unique view of one of the twentieth
century's intellectual masters and scientific pioneers. This title
is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates
University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate
the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing
on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality,
peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using
print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in
1990.
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Imprint: |
University of California Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory Series on Dynamic Material Properties, 10 |
Release date: |
March 2022 |
First published: |
1990 |
Authors: |
S.M. Ulam
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Editors: |
A.R. Bednarek
• Francoise Ulam
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 33mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
588 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-520-30230-3 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-520-30230-3 |
Barcode: |
9780520302303 |
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