Saunders maclane a mathematical autobiography
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Saunders Mac Lane
American mathematician (1909–2005)
Saunders Mac Lane (August 4, 1909 – April 14, 2005), born Leslie Saunders MacLane, was an American mathematician who co-founded category theory with Samuel Eilenberg.
Early life and education
[edit]Mac Lane was born in Norwich, Connecticut, near where his family lived in Taftville.[4] He was christened "Leslie Saunders MacLane", but "Leslie" fell into disuse because his parents, Donald MacLane and Winifred Saunders, came to dislike it. He began inserting a space into his surname because his first wife found it difficult to type the name without a space.[5] He was the eldest of three brothers; one of his brothers, Gerald MacLane, also became a mathematics professor at Rice University and Purdue University. Another sister died as a baby. His father and grandfather were both ministers; his grandfather had been a Presbyterian, but was kicked out of the church for believing in evolution, and his father
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Saunders Mac Lane. a mathematical autobiography
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References
P. Duren (ed),A Century of Mathematics in America, Parts II and III, Providence, R.I., Amer. Math. Soc., 1989.
D. Eisenbud,Encountering Saunders Mac Lane, Focus 25 (2005), 5–7.
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S. Mac Lane,Mathematics at Göttingen beneath the Nazis, Notices Amer. Math. Soc. 42(1995), 1134–1138.
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. 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 Goettingen---the Mecca of mathematics. He studied under David Hilbert, Hermann Weyl, and Paul Bernays and witnessed the collapse of a great tradition under the pol