Reid, Peter and Reynolds, Mark and Ranicki, Andrew (2013) Michael and Lily Atiyah Portrait Gallery of Mathematicians. [Show/Exhibition]
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Abstract
Introduction:
The portraits of mathematicians displayed in this collection have been personally selected by us.
They have been chosen for many different reasons, but all have been involved in our mathematical lives in one way or another; many of the individual texts to the gallery portraits explain how they are related to us.
First, there are famous names from the past starting with Archimedes who have built the great edifice of mathematics which we inhabit. This early list could have been more numerous, but it has been restricted to those whose style is most appealing to us.
Next there are the many teachers, both in Edinburgh and in Cambridge, who taught us at various stages, and who directly influenced our careers.
The bulk of the portraits are those of our contemporaries, including some close collaborators and many Fields Medallists.
Lily has a special interest in women mathematicians: they are well represented, both past and present.
Finally we come to the next generation: our students. Of course, many of the categories overlap, with students later becoming collaborators and friends.
It was hardest to keep the overall number down to seventy, to fit the gallery constraints!
Michael & Lily, Edinburgh, 22nd April 2013
| Item Type: | Show/Exhibition |
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| Additional Information: | The Gallery is on display at: Level 3, James Clerk Maxwell Building, The King's Buildings, The University of Edinburgh. |
| Subjects: | 0 General / foundations > 01-XX History and biography |
| Divisions: | Media and General Public > Public Outreach |
| Depositing User: | The Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Sep 2015 08:29 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Sep 2018 08:15 |
| URI: | https://hirzebruch.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/id/eprint/246 |
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