The Grieving Mathematician and Mother

Ulam, the man and the mathematician

First of all a few words of introduction . Ulam was a friend and collaborator of mine for about 50 years . We had innumerable mathematical and political discussions and have several joint papers . While discussing mostly our joint work I will neglect his work in physics, biology, computers and computer science . Ulam wrote a very successful autobiography [71 and I will mention only a few incide...

The mathematician as a formalist

The well-designed young mathematician

This paper complements McCarthy’s “The well designed child”, in part by putting it in a broader context, the space of possible well designed progeny, and in part by relating design features to development of mathematical competence. I first moved into AI in an attempt to understand myself, especially hoping to understand how I could do mathematics. Over the ensuing four decades, my interactions...

Supporting the Grieving Child and Family.

The death of someone close to a child often has a profound and lifelong effect on the child and results in a range of both short- and long-term reactions. Pediatricians, within a patient-centered medical home, are in an excellent position to provide anticipatory guidance to caregivers and to offer assistance and support to children and families who are grieving. This clinical report offers prac...

The mind of the mathematician

It goes without saying that mathematicians have minds — my two universityeducated daughters may disagree with that, but of course we know better. So why write a book about the mind of mathematicians? Well the first point to note is that one of the authors, Ioan James, is a mathematician — naturally. He may be known to some as he is the editor of the Topology journal. The second author, Michael ...