{"product_id":"saunders-mac-lane-a-mathematical-autobiography-9781568811505","title":"Saunders Mac Lane: A Mathematical Autobiography","description":"\u003cp\u003eSaunders 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 Lanes life covers nearly a century of mathematical developments. During the earlier part of the twentieth century  he participated in the exciting happenings in Gttingen---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. He was also a keen observer and active participant in the social and political events. As a member and vice president of the National Academy of Science and an advisor to the Administration  he exerted considerable influence on science and education policies in the post-war period. Mac Lanes autobiography takes the reader on a journey through the most important milestones of the mathematical world in the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651873660981,"sku":"ByrdShop_1568811500","price":82.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781568811505.jpg?v=1781843350","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/saunders-mac-lane-a-mathematical-autobiography-9781568811505","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}