Adventures of a Mathematician by Stanislaw M. Ulam - Tapa blanda

Adventures of a Mathematician

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. 317 pp., xiii. First published in 1976; this copy with 1983 Preface by author: First US paperback printing with '1' in number line. 22 pages of illustrations, mostly black and white photo-illustrations, between pp. 138 and 139. CONTENTS divided into four Parts: Part I: "Becoming a Mathematician in Poland"; Part II: "A Working Mathematician in America"; Part III: "Life among the Physicists"; Part IV: "The Past Fifteen Years"; Selected Bibliography, pp. 307-308; Index, pp. 309-317. Glossy dark blue wrappers with author name lettering large gold letters across top front cover, above title lettering in white letters across upper middle front cover; publicity bullet points listed in small white letters over dark blue on bottom half front cover, 7 light creases on the diagonal (beginning at 5" and successively diminished to 5/8", leading toward the top right front cover corner): cover remains FLAT, not floppy at any point; 1 1/2" crease on the diagonal at rear cover lower left corner (Again,NOT floppy, cover remaining flat and strong): describes worse than it is, but there you have it.Strong binding (NO cracks); square corners (NO bumps or curls); No remainder marks. Clean text. Previous owner name written on lower middle half-title page/ffep; "I. Liebson 3/84" [Ira A. Liebson], who has a long list of publications on drug research from 1980-2010. MD-Psychiatrist practicing in Baltimore. Nº de ref. del artículo: 002400

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