Constance Bowman Reid

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Average rating: 4.11 · 685 ratings · 101 reviews · 12 distinct worksSimilar authors
Slacks and Calluses: Our Su...

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4.02 avg rating — 313 ratings — published 1944 — 6 editions
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Hilbert

4.25 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 1970 — 14 editions
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From Zero to Infinity

3.96 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 1955 — 27 editions
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Courant

4.45 avg rating — 38 ratings9 editions
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Hilbert-Courant

4.47 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1986
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Julia: A Life in Mathematics

4.06 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions
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A Long Way from Euclid (Dov...

4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2004 — 22 editions
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The Search for E. T. Bell: ...

3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions
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Neyman from Life

4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1982 — 6 editions
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Introduction to higher math...

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1962 — 4 editions
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“When people asked hilbert why he didn't prove Fermat's Last Theorem and win the Wolfskehl Prize, he said, "Why should I kill the goose that lays the golden egg?”
Constance Bowman Reid, Hilbert

“Monday - tried to prove theorem, Tuesday - tried to prove theorem, Wednesday - tried to prove theorem, Thursday - tried to prove theorem, Friday - theorem false.”
Constance Bowman Reid, Julia: A Life in Mathematics

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