Julia: A Life in Mathematics

Julia: A Life in Mathematics
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Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages : 141
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ISBN-10 : 9781470457358
ISBN-13 : 1470457350
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Book Synopsis Julia: A Life in Mathematics by : Constance Reid

Download or read book Julia: A Life in Mathematics written by Constance Reid and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2020-08-03 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In high school, Julia Bowman stood alone as the only girl - and the best student - in the junior and senior math classes. She had only one close friend and no boyfriends. Although she was to learn that there are such people as mathematicians, her ambition was merely to get a job teaching mathematics in high school. At great sacrifice, her widowed stepmother sent her to the University of California at Berkeley. But at Berkeley, in a society of mathematicians, she discovered herself. There was also a prince at Berkeley, a brilliant young assistant professor named Raphael Robinson. Theirs was to be a marriage that would endure until her death in 1985. Julia is the story of Julia Bowman Robinson, the gifted and highly original mathematician who during her lifetime was recognized in ways that no other woman mathematician had ever been recognized. This unusual book brings together in one volume the prize winning Autobiography of Julia Robinson by her sister, the popular mathematical biographer Constance Reid, and three very personal articles about her work by outstanding mathematical colleagues.


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