Mathematiker

If you'd like a deep peek inside the education industry, this is the book for you. Mr. Williams worked at school districts in an urban environment, a rural one, and in the suburbs. He also taught in Alternative Education schools and a Jewish Yeshiva. In addition to describing these experiences, he documents one complete day in which he commuted in from the suburbs to teach high school math to inner city kids in Philadelphia, describing step by step what he did that day, his interactions with his family, the people he saw on the train and the street, and his struggles with his students. You'll know afterwards what it's like to be a teacher.Mr. Williams has a unique perspective because he survived ten years teaching with what most educators would consider "insufficient classroom management skills." Teaching is one of the few professions where the boss (the teacher) is fired when the workers (students) refuse to work. And the students know this--some of them depend on it.Here he offers his teaching philosophies as well as many of the teaching practices and unique lesson plans that enabled him to survive.

This is a kaleidoscopic account of the remarkable life story of Alladi Ramakrishnan (1923-2008), an internationally reputed physicist, and the son of Sir Alladi Krishnaswami Iyer (1883-1953), one of India's most eminent jurists.Part I of the autobiography gives a fascinating account his early life in Madras, India during the last decades of British colonial rule, and the leading role played by Sir Alladi in drafting the Constitution of India. Then follows the incredible saga of his creation of MATSCIENCE, The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, in Madras, inspired by his visit to the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and the result of a Theoretical Physics Seminar which he organized in his family home Ekamra Nivas in Madras, which received the endorsement of Nobel Laureate Niels Bohr, and the support of India's Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.Part II covers the period of Ramakrishnan's term as Director of MATSCIENCE, and his visits to about 200 centres of learning the world over, where he interacted with leading scientists and lectured on his research in the fields of Probability, Stochastic Processes, Elementary Particle Physics, Matrix Theory, and on his novel treatment of Einstein's Special Relativity. Historical photos, letters, and documents of special interest are included.

A Beautiful Mind is Sylvia Nasar''s award-winning biography about the mystery of the human mind, the triumph over incredible adversity, and the healing power of love.<BR><BR>At the age of thirty-one, John Nash, mathematical genius, suffered a devastating breakdown and was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Yet after decades of leading a ghost-like existence, he was to re-emerge to win a Nobel Prize and world acclaim. A Beautiful Mind has inspired the Oscar-winning film directed by Ron Howard and featuring Russell Crowe in the lead role of John Nash.