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Saunders Mac Lane - A Mathematical Autobiography (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
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Saunders Mac Lane - A Mathematical Autobiography (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
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Saunders Mac Lane was an extraordinary mathematician, a dedicated
teacher, and a good citizen who cared deeply about the values of
science and education. In his autobiography, he gives us a glimpse
of his "life and times," mixing the highly personal with
professional observations. His recollections bring to life a
century of extraordinary accomplishments and tragedies that inspire
and educate. Saunders Mac Lane's life covers nearly a century of
mathematical developments. During the earlier part of the twentieth
century, he participated in the exciting happenings in
Goettingen---the Mecca of mathematics. He studied under David
Hilbert, Hermann Weyl, and Paul Bernays and witnessed the collapse
of a great tradition under the political pressure of a brutal
dictatorship. Later, he contributed to the more abstract and
general mathematical viewpoints developed in the twentieth century.
Perhaps the most outstanding accomplishment during his long and
extraordinary career was the development of the concept of
categories, together with Samuel Eilenberg, and the creation of a
theory that has broad applications in different areas of
mathematics, in particular topology and foundations. He was also a
keen observer and active participant in the social and political
events. As a member and vice president of the National Academy of
Science and an advisor to the Administration, he exerted
considerable influence on science and education policies in the
post-war period. Mac Lane's autobiography takes the reader on a
journey through the most important milestones of the mathematical
world in the twentieth century.
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