Acknowledgments, Introduction: The Origin of the Coordinates, The Foundation Problems, The Foundations of Specific Areas, Number Theory, Algebra and Geometry: A Miscellany, The Analysis Problems, We Come to Our Census, Appendix, Mathematical Problems, Notes, Selected Bibliography, Index
Ben Yandell
" my mind it is one of the best popular books about mathematics and
mathematicians written in the last ten years. . . clearly a labor
of love. I particularly recommend The Honors Class as an
outstanding achievement of mathematical exposition. Read it
yourself and recommend it to all lovers of mathematics."" --
American Mathematical Monthly -November 2003
""Yandell writes well and has done a good job of researching... the
resulting profiles are interesting, readable, and insightful.""
-Fernando Q. Gouvoa, Science Review, May 2002
""The Honors Class, which follows the history of the Hilbert
Problems, is a remarkable book and I take my hat off to its
author."" -Phillip J. Davis, SIAM Book Review , June 2002
like a novel. Fascinating."" -Arnold Ostebee, Telegraphic Reviews,
March 2003
""The book is not just about mathematical problems. As the title
implies, it is as much about the people who solved them, and it is
this aspect which distinguishes the book from other accounts of
Hilbert's problems."" -George Willis, Australian Mathematical
Society Gazette, October 2002
""Yandell turned his back on a mathematics to become a writer after
a distinguished undergraduate career at Stanford University. This
makes him an ideal author for a book of this sort, to which he
brings a rare combination of mathematical and literary
sophistication."" -W. Timothy Gowers, NATURE Review, June 2002
In this work, Hilbert problems serve as a motivation to present
biographies of mathematicians connected with their solutions. -Jean
Mahwin, Belgian Mathematical Society, February 2005
""Yandell gives us a glimpse of the mathematical culture of part of
the twentieth century. He has uncovered details that would have
been lost were it not for his personal efforts."" -The Review of
Modern Logic, March 2007"
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