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Spectrum Ser.: Julia : A Life in Mathematics by Constance Reid (1997, Hardcover)

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In high school Julia Bowman stood alone as the only girl - and the best student - in the junior and senior math classes. She had only one close friend and no boyfriends. At great sacrifice her widowed stepmother sent her to the University of California at Berkeley.

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In high school Julia Bowman stood alone as the only girl - and the best student - in the junior and senior math classes. She had only one close friend and no boyfriends. Although she was to learn that there are such people as mathematicians, her ambition was merely to get a job teaching mathematics in high school. At great sacrifice her widowed stepmother sent her to the University of California at Berkeley. But at Berkeley, in a society of mathematicians, she discovered herself. There was also a prince at Berkeley, a brilliant young assistant professor named Raphael Robinson. Theirs was to be a marriage that would endure until her death in 1985. Julia is the story of Julia Bowman Robinson, the gifted and highly original mathematician who during her lifetime was recognized in ways that no other woman mathematician had ever been recognized. This unusual book brings together in one volume the prizewinning Autobiography of Julia Robinson by her sister, the popular mathematical biographer Constance Reid, and three very personal articles about her work by outstanding mathematical colleagues.

Product Identifiers

PublisherAmerican Mathematical Society

ISBN-100883855208

ISBN-139780883855201

eBay Product ID (ePID)358704

Product Key Features

Number of Pages136 Pages

Publication NameJulia : Alife in Mathematics

LanguageEnglish

SubjectBiography & Autobiography / Science & Technology, Biography & Autobiography / Women, General, Women's Studies

Publication Year1997

TypeTextbook

AuthorConstance Reid

Subject AreaMathematics, Social Science, Juvenile Nonfiction

SeriesSpectrum Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight15.7 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceYoung Adults

LCCN96-077366

Reviews‘This book, profusely illustrated with previously unpublished personal and mathematical memorabilia, brings together in one volume the prizewinning Autobiography of Julia Robinson by her sister, the popular biographer Constance Reid, and three very personal articles about her work by outstanding mathematical colleagues.’L'Enseignement Mathématique, 'This book, profusely illustrated with previously unpublished personal and mathematical memorabilia, brings together in one volume the prizewinning Autobiography of Julia Robinson by her sister, the popular biographer Constance Reid, and three very personal articles about her work by outstanding mathematical colleagues.' L'Enseignement Mathématique, 'This book, profusely illustrated with previously unpublished personal and mathematical memorabilia, brings together in one volume the prizewinning Autobiography of Julia Robinson by her sister, the popular biographer Constance Reid, and three very personal articles about her work by outstanding mathematical colleagues.' L'Enseignement Mathmatique

Dewey Edition21

Age Range14-Up

Grade fromNinth Grade

Target AudienceYoung Adult Audience

IllustratedYes

Grade toUp

Dewey Decimal510/.92 B

Lc Classification NumberQa29.R575 R45 1996

Table of Content1. The autobiography of Julia Robinson Constance Reid; 2. Julia Robinson’s dissertation Lisl Gaal; 3. The collaboration in the United States Martin Davis; 4. My collaboration with Julia Robinson Yuri Matijasevich; 5. Afterword Constance Reid.