Creative minds, charmed lives : interviews at Institute for Mathematical Sciences, National University of Singapore /

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Author / Creator:Leong, Yu Kiang, 1946-
Imprint:Singapore : World Scientific, ©2010.
Description:1 online resource (xv, 333 pages) : portraits
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11258849
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Other authors / contributors:National University of Singapore. Institute for Mathematical Sciences.
ISBN:9789814317597
9814317594
9789814317580
9814317586
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Summary:This book features interviews of 38 eminent mathematicians and mathematical scientists who were invited to participate in the programs of the Institute for Mathematical Sciences, National University of Singapore. Originally published in its newsletter Imprints from 2003 to 2009, these interviews give a fascinating and insightful glimpse into the passion driving some of the most creative minds in modern research in pure mathematics, applied mathematics, statistics, economics and engineering. --from publisher description.
Other form:Print version: Leong, Yu Kiang, 1946- Creative minds, charmed lives. Singapore : World Scientific, ©2010 9789814317580

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