"It presents a sensitive portrait of a great human being. It describes accurately and intelligibly on a nontechnical level the world of mathematical ideas in which Hilbert created his masterpieces. And it illuminates the background of German social history against which the drama of Hilberts life was played. Beyond this, it is a poem in praise of mathematics." -SCIENCE
Youth
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Friends and Teachers
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Pages 9-14
Doctor of Philosophy
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Pages 15-21
Paris
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Pages 22-27
Gordan’s Problem
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Pages 28-38
Changes
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Pages 39-46
Only Number Fields
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Pages 47-56
Tables, Chairs, and Beer Mugs
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Pages 57-64
Problems
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Pages 65-73
The Future of Mathematics
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Pages 74-83
The New Century
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Pages 84-90
Second Youth
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Pages 91-101
The Passionate Scientific Life
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Pages 102-110
Space, Time and Number
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Pages 111-116
Friends and Students
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Pages 117-124
Physics
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Pages 125-136
War
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Pages 137-147
The Foundations of Mathematics
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Pages 148-157
The New Order
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Pages 158-167
The Infinite!
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Pages 168-177
Borrowed Time
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Pages 178-189
Logic and the Understanding of Nature
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Pages 190-197
Exodus
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Pages 198-205
Age
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Pages 206-215
The Last Word
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Pages 216-220
Back Matter
Pages 221-228
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