A Lady Mathematician in this Strange Universe: Memoirs

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Physics, General Physics
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Author: Yvonne Choquet–Bruhat ISBN: 9789813231641
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company Publication: December 13, 2017
Imprint: WSPC Language: English
Author: Yvonne Choquet–Bruhat
ISBN: 9789813231641
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Publication: December 13, 2017
Imprint: WSPC
Language: English

In A Lady Mathematician, the distinguished mathematician and physicist, Yvonne Choquet–Bruhat, at the urging of her children, recounts and reflects upon various key events and people from her life — first childhood memories of France, then schooling, followed by graduate studies, and finally her continuous research in the mathematics of General Relativity and other fundamental physical fields. She recalls conversations, collaborations and even arguments shared with many great scientists, including her experiences with Albert Einstein. She also describes some of her numerous trips around the world, spurred by a passion for travel, beauty and mathematics. At once reflective, enlightening and bittersweet, this book allows readers a look into the life and thought processes of an esteemed female academic.

Contents:

  • Prologue
  • Ancestors
  • Good Daddy, Aunt Mary, Mame and Tonton
  • My Parents
  • Childhood and Adolescence
  • Youth 1940–1944
  • Disaster 1944–1946
  • Life in Montaigne
  • A New Life, America
  • Marseille 1953–1955
  • Transitions 1957–1964
  • First Years in Antony 1965–1968
  • After the Reform 1968–1979
  • Academician 1979
  • Life Continues 1979–1990
  • Retirement 1990–2003
  • A I'I.H.E.S 2003–?
  • Far Away Travels
  • Our House in Dammartin
  • Epilogue

Readership: The general public, academics and students with a specific interest in the life of Yvonne Choquet–Bruhat and/or a general interest in the life of an accomplished mathematician and theoretical physicist.

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In A Lady Mathematician, the distinguished mathematician and physicist, Yvonne Choquet–Bruhat, at the urging of her children, recounts and reflects upon various key events and people from her life — first childhood memories of France, then schooling, followed by graduate studies, and finally her continuous research in the mathematics of General Relativity and other fundamental physical fields. She recalls conversations, collaborations and even arguments shared with many great scientists, including her experiences with Albert Einstein. She also describes some of her numerous trips around the world, spurred by a passion for travel, beauty and mathematics. At once reflective, enlightening and bittersweet, this book allows readers a look into the life and thought processes of an esteemed female academic.

Contents:

Readership: The general public, academics and students with a specific interest in the life of Yvonne Choquet–Bruhat and/or a general interest in the life of an accomplished mathematician and theoretical physicist.

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