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    Reuben Hersh (December 9, 1927 – January 3, 2020) was an American mathematician and academic, best known for his writings on the nature, practice, and...
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  • Patricia Hersh, American mathematician (born 1973) Peter Hersh, American ophthalmologist Reuben Hersh, American mathematician (1927–2020) Seymour Hersh, American...
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    The Mathematical Experience (1981) is a book by Philip J. Davis and Reuben Hersh that discusses the practice of modern mathematics from a historical and...
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    solvers. Davis won the Leroy P. Steele Prize, the Chauvenet Prize (with Reuben Hersh), and the Lester R. Ford Award. He was a fellow of the American Academy...
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    1997. A Subject with No Object. Oxford Univ. Press. Davis, Philip and Reuben Hersh, 1999 [1981]. The Mathematical Experience. Mariner Books: 156–62. Gold...
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  • The Mathematical Experience (a book originally published in 1981 by Reuben Hersh and Philip J. Davis), after having read the book and used it for her...
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    work cited in this entry: Philip J. Davis and Reuben Hersh, 1981. The Mathematical Experience. Reuben Hersh, 1997. What Is Mathematics, Really? Oxford Univ...
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    illustration include The Mathematical Experience (1981) by Philip J. Davis and Reuben Hersh, Matter, Space, and Motion: Theories in Antiquity and Their Sequel (1988)...
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  • (2004-12-19). Converging Realities. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-11530-6. "A Physicist's Philosophy of Mathematics" By Reuben Hersh (book review)...
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  • mathematics, see White (1947) and Hersh (1997). Gårding, Lars, 1977. Encounter with Mathematics. Springer-Verlag. Reuben Hersh, 1997. What Is Mathematics, Really...
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  • several books. Among the best known are The Mathematical Experience (with Reuben Hersh), a popular survey of modern mathematics and its history and philosophy;...
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  • study "mathematics as a social activity", e.g., via the Erdős number. Reuben Hersh has also promoted the social view of mathematics, calling it a "humanistic"...
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    Craig. London: Routledge. Retrieved 2017-11-12. Davis, Philip J., and Reuben Hersh. 1986. Descartes' Dream: The World According to Mathematics. Cambridge...
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    Petr–Douglas–Neumann theorem Peter Lax, Mathematician: An Illustrated Memoir, by Reuben Hersh (American Mathematical Soc. 2014), page 102 "Jesse Douglas (1897–1965)"...
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    ISBN 9780804732604. Amir Alexander, Adjunct professor, Department of History UCLA Reuben Hersh for The American Scientist. May–June 2003 Book Review: In Search of Interior...
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  • they have been discussed by mathematicians such as Nathaniel Friedman, Reuben Hersh, and Ivars Peterson. Some of his sculptures portray minimal surfaces...
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    Unlocking Lakatos. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó. ISBN 978-963-05-8819-5 Reuben Hersh (2006). 18 Unconventional Essays on the Nature of Mathematics. Springer...
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    Mathematical Experience by Philip J. Davis and Reuben Hersh and What Is Mathematics, Really? by Hersh, both of which were critical of aspects of mathematical...
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  • player and coach (b. 1945) January 3 Ken Fuson, journalist (b. 1956) Reuben Hersh, mathematician (b. 1927) January 4 Emanuel Borok, violinist and concertmaster...
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    Sociologists such as Sal Restivo and Randall Collins, mathematicians including Reuben Hersh and Philip J. Davis, and philosophers including Paul Ernest have published...
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  • Pais " Subtle is the Lord...": The Science and Life of Albert Einstein Science (paperback) Philip J. Davis and Reuben Hersh The Mathematical Experience...
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  • Francois Treves 1973 Carl D. Olds 1974 Peter D. Lax 1975 Martin Davis and Reuben Hersh 1976 Lawrence Zalcman 1977 W. Gilbert Strang 1978 Shreeram S. Abhyankar...
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  • distributed human being. Durham: Duke University Press. Davis, Philip J., and Reuben Hersh, 1999 (1981). The Mathematical Experience. Mariner Books. First published...
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  • Takács Lajos. Recently a similar competition has been started in France. Reuben Hersh & Vera John-Steiner. A Visit to Hungarian Mathematics. The Mathematical...
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  • Physics as the Language of Nature Finalist Paperback Philip J. Davis and Reuben Hersh The Mathematical Experience Finalist Morris Kline Mathematics: The Loss...
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  • Istvan Szalkai 1994: Joseph H. Silverman 1994: Leonard Gillman 1994: Reuben Hersh 1994: S. Bhargava 1993: Carsten Thomassen 1993: Donald E. Knuth 1992:...
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  • Henney (1931–2023), mathematician Kurt Hensel (1861–1941), mathematician Reuben Hersh (1927–2020), mathematics and philosopher of mathematics Daniel Hershkowitz...
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  • Lorch posthumously received in 1994 the Lester R. Ford Award, with Reuben Hersh as editor. "Edgar R. Lorch, 82, A Leader in Building Mathematics Theory"...
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    land of Poland. Peter Lax, Mathematician: An Illustrated Memoir, by Reuben Hersh (American Mathematical Soc. 2014), page 102 O'Connor, John J.; Robertson...
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  • Mathematics and its Philosophy: Essays celebrating the 90th birthday of Reuben Hersh. Springerlink. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-61231-7. ISBN 978-3-319-61230-0...
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