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(800)321-4267 (US & Canada) (401)455-4000 (Worldwide) facebook.com/amermathsoc @amermathsoc plus.google.com/+AmsOrg PUSHING LIMITS FROM WEST POINT TO BERKELEY & BEYOND Ted Hill, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, and Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA Recounting the unique odyssey of a noted mathematician who overcame military hurdles at West Point, Army Ranger School, and the Vietnam War, this is the tale of an academic career as noteworthy for its offbeat adventures as for its teaching and research accomplishments. This book is co-published with the Mathematical Association of America. 2017; approximately 334 pages; Hardcover; ISBN: 978-1-4704-3584-4; List US$45; AMS members US$36; Order code MBK/103 … captivating memoir reveals an intriguing character who is part Ren- aissance Man, part Huckleberry Finn. Fast-paced and often hilarious … provides some penetrating and impious insights into some of our more revered institutions. —Rick Atkinson, three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, author of The Long Gray Line Ted Hill is the Indiana Jones of mathematics. A West Point graduate, [he] served in Vietnam, swam with sharks in the Caribbean, and has resolutely defied unreasoned authority. With this same love of adven- ture, he has confronted the sublime challenges of mathematics. Whether it’s discovering intellectual treasures or careening down jungle trails, this real life Dr. Jones has done it all. —Michael Monticino, professor of mathematics and special assistant to the president, U. North Texas PUSHING LIMITS From West Point to Berkeley & Beyond Pre-order your copy today at bookstore.ams.org/mbk-103 AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY
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PUSHING LIMITSFROM WEST POINT TO BERKELEY & BEYOND Ted Hill, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, and Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA
Recounting the unique odyssey of a noted mathematician who overcame military hurdles at West Point, Army Ranger School, and the Vietnam War, this is the tale of an academic career as noteworthy for its o� beat adventures as for its teaching and research accomplishments.This book is co-published with the Mathematical Association of America. 2017; approximately 334 pages; Hardcover; ISBN: 978-1-4704-3584-4; List US$45; AMS members US$36; Order code MBK/103
… captivating memoir reveals an intriguing character who is part Ren-aissance Man, part Huckleberry Finn. Fast-paced and often hilarious … provides some penetrating and impious insights into some of our more revered institutions.
—Rick Atkinson, three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, author of The Long Gray Line
Ted Hill is the Indiana Jones of mathematics. A West Point graduate, [he] served in Vietnam, swam with sharks in the Caribbean, and has resolutely defi ed unreasoned authority. With this same love of adven-ture, he has confronted the sublime challenges of mathematics. Whether it’s discovering intellectual treasures or careening down jungle trails, this real life Dr. Jones has done it all.
—Michael Monticino, professor of mathematics and special assistant to the president, U. North Texas
PUSHING LIMITS From West Point to Berkeley & Beyond
PUSHING LIMITS From West Point to Berkeley & Beyond
Pre-order your copy today at
bookstore.ams.org/mbk-103
AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY
