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100 1 $aMac Lane, Saunders,$d1909-2005.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79043117
245 10 $aSaunders Mac Lane :$ba mathematical autobiography /$cSaunders Mac Lane.
260 $aWellesley, Mass. :$bA K Peters,$c[2005], ©2005.
300 $axvi, 358 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $aIncludes index.
520 1 $a"Saunders Mac Lane was an extraordinary mathematician, a dedicated teacher, and a good citizen who cared deeply about the values of science and education. In his autobiography, he gives us a glimpse of his "life and times," mixing the highly personal with professional observations. His recollections bring to life a century of extraordinary accomplishments and tragedies that inspire and educate." "Saunders Mac Lane's life covers nearly a century of mathematical developments. During the earlier part of the twentieth century, he participated in the exciting happenings in Gottingen - the Mecca of mathematics. He studied under David Hilbert, Hermann Weyl, and Paul Bernays and witnessed the collapse of a great tradition under the political pressure of a brutal dictatorship." "Later, he contributed to the more abstract and general mathematical viewpoints developed in the twentieth century. Perhaps the most outstanding accomplishment during his long and extraordinary career was the development of the concept of categories, together with Samuel Eilenberg, and the creation of a theory that has broad applications in different areas of mathematics, in particular topology and foundations."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aMac Lane, Saunders,$d1909-2005.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79043117
650 0 $aMathematicians$zUnited States$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008107560
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