Adventures of a MathematicianScribner, 1976 - 317 pages The Polish-born mathematician recalls his formative and early professional years in his pre-war homeland and his work and colleagues at Princeton, Harvard, Wisconsin, and Los Alamos. |
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Becoming a Mathematician in Poland | 7 |
A Working Mathematician in America | 63 |
Life among the Physicists | 139 |
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