Sets, numbers, and universes: selected works. Ed. by W. A. Beyer, J. Mycielski and G.-C. Rota. (English) Zbl 0558.00017

Ulam, Stanislaw

Mathematicians of Our Time, Vol. 9. Cambridge, Mass.-London: The MIT Press. XXIII, 709 p. (1974).

This book contains 52 articles by the author dealing with a variety of mathematical topics in pure mathematics and the application of computers to game theory and physics, together with commentaries presented by a number of distinguished specialists in these areas. The articles are reprinted from the original journals. Also included is a bibliography (listing 108 items) and a complete reprinting of Ulam’s book [A collection of mathematical problems, New York (1960; Zbl 0086.241)].

MSC:

00A99	General and miscellaneous specific topics
01A75	Collected or selected works; reprintings or translations of classics
01A60	History of mathematics in the 20th century

Keywords:

computers; game theory