Preface; Part I. Who Are Mathematicians?: Foreword to Who Are Mathematicians?; 1. Mathematicians and mathematics Michael Aschbacher; 2. What are mathematicians really like? Observations of a spouse Pamela Aschbacher; 3. Mathematics: arts and science Michael Atiyah; 4. A mathematician's survival guide Peter G. Casazza; 5. We are different Underwood Dudley; 6. The naked lecturer T. W. Körner; 7. Through a glass darkly Steven G. Krantz; 8. What's a nice guy like me doing in a place like this? Alan H. Schoenfeld; 9. A mathematician's eye view Ian Stewart; 10. I am a mathematician V. S. Varadarajan; Part II. On Becoming a Mathematician: Foreword to On Becoming a Mathematician; 11. Mathematics and teaching Hyman Bass; 12. Who we are and how we got that way? Jonathan M. Borwein; 13. Social class and mathematical values in the USA Roger Cooke; 14. The badly taught high school calculus lesson and the mathematical journey it led me to Keith Devlin; 15. The psychology of being a mathematician Sol Garfunkel; 16. Dynamics of mathematical groups Jane Hawkins; 17. Mathematics, art, civilization Yuri I. Manin; 18. Questions about mathematics Harold R. Parks; 19. A woman mathematician's journey Mei-Chi Shaw; Part III. Why I Became a Mathematician: Foreword to Why I Became a Mathematician; 20. Why I became a mathematician: a personal account Harold P. Boas; 21. Why I became a mathematician? Aline Bonami; 22. Why I am a mathematician John P. D'Angelo; 23. Why I am a mathematician Robert E. Greene; 24. Why I am a mathematician Jenny Harrison; 25. Why I became a mathematician Rodolfo H. Torres.
A vast and stimulating collection of perspectives on what mathematicians think of themselves and what others think of them.
…Any mathematician or prospective mathematician reading this book
will find much to admire therein, much to question, and much about
which to reminisce. As I read, I could not help but think of my
early days learning how to add integers up through twenty, and
later on in graduate school, the varieties of instruction
encountered, the joy of collaboration with another like mind, and
more recently, the many math manuscript rejections received, and a
few that were accepted. All in all, this collection of essays will
be a valued resource in the continuing discussion of characterizing
mathematicians and mathematical communities." - Andrew James
Simoson, Mathematical Reviews Clippings
"…The authors offer both humor and somber revelations about the
profession to which they have devoted their lives, providing a
better understanding and new perspectives of a profession often
viewed as beyond the abilities of most students. The book as a
whole satisfies by presenting many sides of a topic, thus appealing
to a wide range of readers. Some of the essays are very math heavy
and appeal to more scholarly readers, whereas others contain very
little math and are more anecdotal. Some responses seem overly
critical of those outside the profession, but these are balanced by
humorous presentations in which the authors laugh at themselves and
their own quirks. The diversity of the writing offers a little
something for everyone." - Mathematics Teacher
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