King of Infinite Space
And as Siobhan Roberts elegantly conveys in The King of Infinite Space, there can be no better guide to the majesty of geometry than Donald Coxeter, perhaps the greatest geometer of the twentieth century.
Discrete Encounters
... Siobhan Roberts , Conway's biographer , his offices " always overflow with unopened mail , and he seldom reads any of his copious e - mail , either . " 116 Other faculty and students weren't the only ones to notice the problematic state ...
Asymptotic Differential Algebra and Model Theory of Transseries
... Siobhan Roberts for the quote by John H. Conway that appears in her book Genius at Play: The Curious Mind of John Horton Conway [344] © Siobhan Roberts, published by Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc., 2016. We thank David Marker and Angus ...
The Mathematical Artist
... Siobhan Roberts, Conway's biographer, I also recommend everybody to read this biography, basically in an interview, where both of them are present, John bills himself at once as a “know-at-all” – he wants to know absolutely everything ...
Teaching Mathematics Through Cross-Curricular Projects
... Siobhan Roberts, she writes about Karen Uhlenbeck, who is a professor at the University of Texas. Roberts writes about Uhlenbeck's obsession with bubbles that won her an Abel Prize for math. Uhlenbeck sees bubbles as a whimsical ...
The G. H. Hardy Reader
... Siobhan Roberts, King of Infinite Space, Walker, Toronto, 2006, pp. 57–58. c Siobhan Roberts, 2006, King of Infinite Space, by permission of Walker Books, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc. Howard Eves recalled that during his ...
Ludwig Wittgenstein: Dictating Philosophy
... ( Roberts 2015 : 359 ) , from discussion with John Conway , and with his biographer Siobhan Roberts . ( Coincidentally she points out ( Roberts 2015 : 105 ) that Conway , as an undergraduate , had the same doctor as Wittgenstein – Dr ...
The Best Writing on Mathematics 2017
... Columbus , Ohio , for the Math- ematical Association of America's annual " MathFest , " where during an early birthday celebration Guy led a sing - along to An "Infinitely Rich” Mathematician Turns 100 SIOBHAN ROBERTS.
Genius at Play
Presents the life and accomplishments of the mathematician who inveted game theory, focusing on his quirky and nontraditional methods of teaching at Princeton University.
Introduction to Mathematics
... Siobhan Roberts, King of Infinite Space: Donald Coxeter, the man who saved geometry, Walker and Company, New York, 2006. With a foreword by Douglas R. Hofstadter. MR2352131 [108] Siobhan Roberts, Her key to modeling brains: Ignore ...
Canadian Geographic
... SIOBHAN Roberts Age of renaissance , page 44 While researching her story about the Royal Ontario Museum , Toronto - based writer Siobhan Roberts met a volunteer who had just skinned and gutted a Komodo dragon specimen . " The lizard was ...
The Man Who Saved Geometry
The Man Who Saved Geometry tells the story of Coxeter’s life and work, placing him alongside history’s greatest geometers, from Pythagoras and Plato to Archimedes and Euclid—and it reveals how Coxeter’s boundless creativity reflects ...
Prospect
... SIOBHAN ROBERTS Heart of Darkness 8th August , Linbury Theatre ( tickets on request ) Five : 15 16th - 17th August , Riverside Studios ( £ 12.50 ) MEDICINE The fallacy of the condom Helen Epstein's book is. REVIEWS SIOBHAN ROBERTS OPERA ...
The American Mathematical Monthly
... Siobhan Roberts . Walker & Company , New York , 2006 , xv + 399 pp . , ISBN 0-8027-1499-4 , $ 27.95 . Reviewed by Mark E. Kidwell Is it possible to write a page - turning biography of an academic who married once , had no known ...
Managing Information
... Siobhan Roberts explains This year's theme centres on quality in- the judging process : ' The panel will be looking formation to improve patient care and aims to for things like value for money , originality of highlight the value of ...
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society
... Siobhan Roberts and Asia Ivić Weiss By Mitchell Lewis , ......... 45 Patrick Mollison FRS and David Weatherall FRS ........... 67 By Robin Holliday FRS and Richard B. Flavell CBE FRS ...... 83 By Anthony E. Walsby FRS ...
Quill & Quire
... Siobhan Roberts ; $ 21.95 pa . 978-0-88784-777-6 , 416 pp . R. , HAP , Avail . LIFE IN THE BALANCE : My Journey with Breast Cancer , Marla Shapiro ; $ 19.95 pa . 978-0-00-224384-1 , 386 pp . R. , HCP , Sept. For Fall 07 , refer to MQUP ...
Ryerson Review of Journalism
! WEB SITES OF THE MEDIA MAFIA THE by Siobhan Roberts ART OF DE MATTER A funny. The secret sides of Conrad Black , Bill Cameron , George Bain and more by Siobhan Roberts PRESS Vets still seething over The Valour and the Horror will find ...
Mathematics and Culture V
... Siobhan Roberts Giovanni Sarpellon Donatella Sartorio Gianpaolo Scalia Tomba Gian Marco Todesco Cristina Turrini Richard P. Taylor Marcela Villarreal Department of Mathematics , Politecnico di Torino , Italy Author , Toronto , Canada ...
Mathematical Reviews
... Siobhan Roberts and Asia Ivić Weiss , Donald in wonderland : the many - faceted life of H. S. M. Coxeter ( 13-28 ) ; Franco Ghione , Vision and reality : empiricism and geometry ( 31- 40 ) ; Gian Marco Todesco , Stars ( 41-50 ) ...