'Letters to a Young Mathematician' by Ian Stewart

AI Thread Summary
The discussion centers on the authenticity of Ian Stewart's portrayal of a day in the life of a research mathematician. Participants clarify that Ian Stewart is not the same person as James Stewart, the author of a popular calculus textbook. Ian Stewart is recognized for his work, including the book "Does God Play Dice?" The conversation suggests that further inquiries about the daily experiences of research mathematicians could be directed to a relevant forum, indicating a desire for deeper insights into the profession.
Dragonfall
Messages
1,023
Reaction score
5
I just finished reading it, and I liked it, but I wonder how much of his description of a day of a research mathematician is true?
 
Physics news on Phys.org
You're thinking of James Stewart lunar.
 
Ian Stewart \neq James Stuwart
 
Last edited by a moderator:
sounds like his comments would fit well in the who wants to be one forum. maybe you could ask some specific questions about a day of research there?
 

Thread '"WHAT IS A QUANTUM FIELD THEORY?" A First Introduction for Mathematicians'

The book is fascinating. If your education includes a typical math degree curriculum, with Lebesgue integration, functional analysis, etc, it teaches QFT with only a passing acquaintance of ordinary QM you would get at HS. However, I would read Lenny Susskind's book on QM first. Purchased a copy straight away, but it will not arrive until the end of December; however, Scribd has a PDF I am now studying. The first part introduces distribution theory (and other related concepts), which...
View full post »

Thread 'Books with a more theoretical approach to turbulence and DNS'

I've gone through the Standard turbulence textbooks such as Pope's Turbulent Flows and Wilcox' Turbulent modelling for CFD which mostly Covers RANS and the closure models. I want to jump more into DNS but most of the work i've been able to come across is too "practical" and not much explanation of the theory behind it. I wonder if there is a book that takes a theoretical approach to Turbulence starting from the full Navier Stokes Equations and developing from there, instead of jumping from...
View full post »

Similar threads

Intro Physics Physics textbook recommendation for young gifted child
Replies
32
Views
4K
Topics in Young & Friedman's University Physics
Replies
1
Views
2K
A What motivates famous mathematicians?
Replies
2
Views
1K
I What do applied mathematicians deal with?
Replies
4
Views
2K
Classical Spivak's Physics for Mathematicians: Mechanics
Replies
40
Views
14K
Programs In need of advice: How do I become a mathematician?
Replies
43
Views
7K
Theodor von Oppolzer's Canon of Eclipses
Replies
2
Views
3K
Calculus What book should I get for multivariable calculus after Stewart?
Replies
9
Views
4K
To be a great mathematician/physicist, must one start young?
Replies
7
Views
2K
James Stewart Calculus replacement
Replies
12
Views
4K

Hot Threads

Recent Insights

Back
Top