What inspired Eric Temple Bell to write about the personal lives of mathematicians?
Around the Web·mese scorso

Men of Mathematics

Men of Mathematics
La discussione tra lettori è aperta ora. Questa è una conversazione della community.
What inspired Eric Temple Bell to write about the personal lives of mathematicians?
Did anyone else feel that some stories about mathematicians' struggles felt more dramatic than expected?
How much of the book's portrayal of historical math figures is based on documented fact versus Bell's interpretation?