| Uniform title | Vite matematiche. English. |
| Contents |
Hilbert's problems -- The way we were. Guido Castelnuovo; Federigo Enriques; Francesco Severi -- Verlaine and Poincaré -- Bertrand Russell -- Godfrey H. Hardy -- Emmy Noether -- Carciopholus Romanus -- Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac -- The theoretical intelligence and the practical vision of John von Neumann -- Kurt Gödel -- Hommage À Gödel -- Robert Musil -- The life, death and miracles of Alan Mathison Turing -- Renato Caccioppoli -- Bruno de Finetti -- A committed mathematician -- Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov -- Bourbaki -- Writing and mathematics in the work of Raymond Queneau -- John F. Nash, Jr. -- Ennio De Giorgi -- Laurent Schwartz -- René Thom -- J.L. Borges, the dream (El sueño) -- Alexander Grothendieck: enthusiasm and creativity -- Gian-Carlo Rota -- Michael F. Atiyah -- Vladimir Igorevich Arnold -- Enrico Bombieri -- Martin Gardner -- Le Corbusier's door of miracles -- F. William Lawvere -- Andrew Wiles -- Mathematical prizes. The Fields medal -- The Abel prize. |
| General note | Originally published in Italian as: Vite matematiche : protagonisti del '900 da Hilbert a Wiles. Milano : Springer, 2007. |
| General note | "Based on number 50-51 (December 2003-March 2004) of the journal Lettera matematica PRISTEM, with modifications"--P. ix. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| Other title |
Lettera matematica PRISTEM. |
| LCCN | 2010933446 2010935446 |
| ISBN | 9783642136054 (hbk : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 3642136052 (hbk : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9783642136061 (e-ISBN) |
