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"It presents a sensitive portrait of a great human being. It describes accurately and intelligibly on a nontechnical level the world of mathematical ideas in which Hilbert created his masterpieces. And it illuminates the background of German social history against which the drama of Hilberts life was played. Beyond this, it is a poem in praise of mathematics." -SCIENCE

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Languages: English, German, Greek, Russian
Media: Paper, Ebook
ISBNs: 7
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Published: 1970
Genres: Biography & Memoir, Nonfiction, Science & Nature, General Nonfiction, History
DDC/MDS: 510.92
LCC: QA29 .H5 .R4

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