Gian-Carlo Rota (1932–1999)
Auteur de Indiscrete Thoughts
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de Gian-Carlo Rota
A History of Computing in the Twentieth Century: A Collection of Papers (1980) — Directeur de publication — 27 exemplaires
Gian-Carlo Rota on Combinatorics: Introductory Papers and Commentaries (Contemporary Mathematicians) (1995) 6 exemplaires
On The Foundations of Combinatorial Theory: Combinatorial Geometries (1970) — Auteur — 6 exemplaires
phenomenologie discrete 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The Philosopher's Handbook: Essential Readings from Plato to Kant (2000) — Introduction — 203 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1932-04-27
- Date de décès
- 1999-04-18
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA, Italy
- Professions
- mathematician
philosopher - Organisations
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Prix et distinctions
- AMS Colloquium Lecturer (1998)
Membres
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 12
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 138
- Popularité
- #148,171
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 18
- Langues
- 2
The biographies seem to be somewhere between gossipy and irreverent and flat-out mean. Rota seems to be trying to show that a great mathematician needn't be a good person. Perhaps unintentionally, he seems to be underscoring the point by being unpleasant himself.
The Phenomenology is well outside my ken. I tried to make sense of it, but I'm failing on basic vocabulary. I wish I'd read the afterword first. It warns that almost nobody understands the distinctions Rota is making in these passages.
The musings on Mathematics were very interesting. Rota hits the nail on the head a number of times.… (plus d'informations)