| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Spectrum |
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Bibliografija "Spectrum."
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| Contents |
Cover -- title page -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- The Mystery of the Four-Leaf Clovers -- A Fugue -- Tombstone Inscriptions -- The Two Lights -- MMM -- Acquiring Some of the Personal Items for MMM -- Difficulty in Explaining Relativity Theory in a Few Words -- Difficulty in Obtaining a Cup of Hot Tea -- Hail to Thee, Blithe Spirit! -- C. D. -- Cupid' s Problem -- The Lighter Life of an Editor -- The Two Kellys -- Some Debts -- Hypnotic Powers -- Founding the Echols Mathematics Club -- Meeting Maurice Fréchet |
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Mathematizing the New Mathematics BuildingFinding Some Lost Property Corners -- The Tennessee Valley Authority -- How I First Met Dr. Einstein -- Catching Vibes, and Kindred Matters -- A Pair of Unusual Walking Sticks -- A New Definition -- Dr. Einstein's First Public Address at Princeton -- Parting Advice -- Two Newspaper Items and a Phone Call -- Wherein the Author is Beasted -- The Scholar's Creed -- The Perfect Game of Solitaire -- The Most Seductive Book Ever Written -- The Master Geometer -- Sandy -- The Perfect Parabola -- Three Coolidge Remarks |
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Professor Coolidge During ExaminationsProfessor Coolidge's Test -- Borrowing Lecture Techniques from Admired Professors -- My Teaching Assistant Appointment -- A Night in the Widener Memorial Library -- The Slit in the Wall -- Nathan Altshiller Court -- An Editorial Comment -- Intimations of the Future -- A Rival Field -- A Chinese Lesson -- The Bookbag -- Running the Mile in Twenty-one Seconds -- Winning the 1992 Pólya Award -- A Love Story -- Eves' Photo Album -- A Condensed Biography of Howard Eves -- An Abridged Bibliography of Howard Eves' Works |
| Notes |
Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Jan 2012) |
| Subject |
Eves, Howard, 1911-2004 -- Anecdotes
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| SUBJECT |
Eves, Howard, 1911-2004 fast |
| Subject |
Mathematics -- Anecdotes
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MATHEMATICS -- Essays.
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MATHEMATICS -- Pre-Calculus.
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MATHEMATICS -- Reference.
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Mathematics
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| Genre/Form |
Anecdotes
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780883859650 |
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0883859653 |
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