Sidney J. Levy: an autobiography

An Autobiography of Polyadi Algebras

An autobiography of Polyadic Algebras

In the 1950’s I set out to revolutionize logic. I didn’t succeed (not yet!), but it wasn’t for want of trying. Logic has always fascinated me. In the common-sense sense of the word logic was easy; I had no inclination to commit the obvious errors of reasoning, and long chains of deductions were not intimidating. When I was told about syllogisms, I said “sure, obviously”, and didn’t feel that I ...

J an 2 00 5 PROBABILISTIC AND FRACTAL ASPECTS OF LEVY TREES

We investigate the random continuous trees called Lévy trees, which are obtained as scaling limits of discrete Galton-Watson trees. We give a mathematically precise definition of these random trees as random variables taking values in the set of equivalence classes of compact rooted R-trees, which is equipped with the Gromov-Hausdorff distance. To construct Lévy trees, we make use of the coding...

The Autobiography of W.E.B. DuBois: An Analysis

The Fight Against Tuberculosis: An Autobiography

549 accuracy of statement is also commendable for so concentrated a treatment. The book is about 30 pages longer than the first edition. Two significant new sections have been added: General Principles of Chemical Carcino-genesis and Some Objections to the Virus Theory. The major additional pages treat new studies on the causes of cancer. Those who are primarily concerned with the metabolism an...