num_pages: 442
description: "I Want To Be A Mathematician" is an account of the author's life as a mathematician. It tells us what it is like to be a mathematician and to do mathematics. It will be read with interest and enjoyment by those in mathematics and by those who might want to know what mathematicians and mathematical careers are like. Paul Halmos is well-known for his research in ergodic theory, and measure theory. He is one of the most widely read mathematical expositors in the world.
language: English
title: I Want to Be a Mathematician: An Automathography in Three Parts
titlecomplete: I Want to Be a Mathematician: An Automathography in Three Parts (Maa Spectrum Series)
genres: Autobiography, Mathematics, History, Popular Science, Biography, Science, Memoir, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 262
publisher: Mathematical Association of America (MAA)