Gian-Carlo Rota (1932–1999)
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A History of Computing in the Twentieth Century: A Collection of Papers (1980) — Herausgeber — 27 Exemplare
Gian-Carlo Rota on Combinatorics: Introductory Papers and Commentaries (Contemporary Mathematicians) (1995) 6 Exemplare
phenomenologie discrete 1 Exemplar
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The Philosopher's Handbook: Essential Readings from Plato to Kant (2000) — Einführung — 200 Exemplare
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- 1932-04-27
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- 1999-04-18
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- male
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- USA, Italy
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- mathematician
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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- AMS Colloquium Lecturer (1998)
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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.… (mehr)