Mathematician for all seasons : recollections and notes.: recollections and notes. Vol. 2 (1945-1968) (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Hugo Steinhaus ; translated by Abe Shenitzer ; edited by Robert G. Burns, Irena Szymaniec, and Aleksander Weron.
• Authors: Steinhaus, Hugo, 1887-1972
• Editors: Burns, Robert G; Szymaniec, Irena; Weron, A
• Other Names: Shenitzer, Abe translator.
• Contents: Foreword to the first Polish edition -- Introduction to the English edition -- Part I: Jaslo -- The Gymnasium -- In the capital Lwów -- Göttingen -- The return home -- The life of a private scholar -- Part II: In the university town Lwów -- The first occupation -- Interlude: Flashes of memory -- The second occupation -- Homeless wandering -- Osiczyna -- Interlude: Flashes of memory -- Stróze -- Diary entries -- A flash of memory -- Diary entries (continued) -- Between Kraków and Wroclaw -- Wroclaw -- A taste of America -- Wroclaw again -- America again -- Home again -- Index of names.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Birkhäuser
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 510.92; Mathematics -- Poland -- History; Mathematicians -- Poland -- Biography; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology; MATHEMATICS -- Essays; MATHEMATICS -- Pre-Calculus; MATHEMATICS -- Reference; Mathematicians; Mathematics; Poland; Electronic books; Biography; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319231020; 3319231022; 3319231014; 9783319231013
• Related ISBNs: 9783319231013
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 15, 2016).
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