Mathematician for All Seasons Recollections and Notes Vol. 1 (1887-1945) /

• Main Author: Steinhaus, Hugo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Burns, Robert G. (Editor), Szymaniec, Irena (Editor), Weron, Aleksander (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2015.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Series: Vita Mathematica ; 18
• Subjects: Mathematics.; History.; History of Mathematical Sciences.; History, general.

This book presents, in his own words, the life of Hugo Steinhaus (1887–1972), noted Polish mathematician of Jewish background, educator, and mathematical popularizer. A student of Hilbert, a pioneer of the foundations of probability and game theory, and a contributor to the development of functional...