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The Pólya picture album : encounters of a mathematician
- Title
- The Pólya picture album : encounters of a mathematician / George Pólya ; edited by G.L. Alexanderson.
- Author
- Pólya, George, 1887-1985.
- Publication
- Boston : Birkhäuser, ©1987.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | QA29.P775 A3 1987 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Alexanderson, Gerald L.
- Description
- 160 pages : illustrations, portraits; 23 x 25 cm
- Summary
- Pólya was a professor of mathematics from 1914 to 1940 at ETH Zürich and from 1940 to 1953 at Stanford University. He made fundamental contributions to combinatorics, number theory, numerical analysis and probability theory. He is also noted for his work in heuristics and mathematics education. For many years mathematicians visiting Stanford enjoyed guided tours through pages of the Pólya photograph album, led by Pólya himself. This is a selection of the photographs accompanied by remarks taken from tapes of Pólya's conversations with his visitors.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biography
- Biographies.
- Portraits.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 22.
- ISBN
- 0817633529
- 9780817633523
- 9783764333522
- 3764333529
- 3764333529 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 87015063
- OCLC
- ocm16005199
- 16005199
- SCSB-9658403
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library