Book Review: A Semicentennial History of the American Mathematical Society,

Book Review: "Loving Literature. A Cultural History"

It is widely acknowledged that emotion is deeply embedded in literary criticism. Even when we aspire to scientific analysis and objectivity, we assume that we share a love of literature. Loving Literature is a deep and fascinating exploration of this important assumption. Literary critics and professors of literature are expected not only to know but also to love their work. In the case of prof...

The American Mathematical Society.

The American Mathematical Society.

Review of the book "Race and History"

In 1952, the UNESCO International Organization published a series on explaining and clarifying the role of culture in society and suggested the writing of a book on the issue of race throughout history to Claude Lévi-Strauss, a prominent French anthropologist. The result of his efforts is the publication of a book called "Race and History". Race and History is one of the books that was translat...

©1985 American Mathematical Society

Schrödinger equation, the neutron transport equation, Maxwell's equations, and the Dirac equation. A notable feature of the book is the treatment of second-order elliptic and parabolic problems in L and L spaces. Fattorini does a nice job of explaining the Agmon-Douglis-Nirenberg elliptic machinery (in the second-order case), making it accessible to a wide audience. An important feature of the ...