Gian-Carlo Rota (1932–1999)
Autor/a de Indiscrete Thoughts
Sobre l'autor
Obres de Gian-Carlo Rota
A History of Computing in the Twentieth Century: A Collection of Papers (1980) — Editor — 27 exemplars
Gian-Carlo Rota on Combinatorics: Introductory Papers and Commentaries (Contemporary Mathematicians) (1995) 6 exemplars
phenomenologie discrete 1 exemplars
Obres associades
The Philosopher's Handbook: Essential Readings from Plato to Kant (2000) — Introducció — 200 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 1932-04-27
- Data de defunció
- 1999-04-18
- Gènere
- male
- Professions
- mathematician
philosopher - Organitzacions
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Premis i honors
- AMS Colloquium Lecturer (1998)
Membres
Ressenyes
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 12
- També de
- 2
- Membres
- 136
- Popularitat
- #149,926
- Valoració
- 3.8
- Ressenyes
- 2
- ISBN
- 18
- Llengües
- 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.… (més)