Author:
Gellai, Barbara, 1933-
Imprint:Providence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society, c2010.
Descriptionxv, 168 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Note:Chapter 1. Background -- Chapter 2. Family and basic studies -- Chapter 3. A change in our world view: The theory of relativity -- Chapter 4. Higher studies -- Chapter 5. Lanczos's early research in the theory of relativity -- Chapter 6. Contribution to quantum mechanics -- Chapter 7. Purdue beginnings -- Chapter 8. The educator -- Chapter 9. "Why mathematics?" -- Chapter 10. Ripples on the old pond's surface -- Chapter 11. The Lanczos Method -- Chapter 12. Full-time research -- Chapter 13. Nature's Pythagorean theorem -- Chapter 14. Probing Riemannian space -- Epilogue -- A brief professional chronology of Cornelius Lanczos -- Published papers and books of Cornelius Lanczos.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-161) and index.
Bibliography Note:"Published papers and books of Cornelius Lanczos": p. 133-147.
