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Saunders Mac Lane, Mathematician and Harvard Professor
Saunders Mac Lane, an influential mathematician and former Harvard professor who co-founded category theory, died on April 14 from internal bleeding due to constrictive heart disease...
While the profession of mathematician-turned-consultant might seem an odd transition, it has been a profession in the making in the recent past...
Farley highlights an upcoming film, “Proof,” which is a story about the life of a mathematician, starring Anthony Hopkins and Gwyneth Paltrow. Although Farley is not directly working with the film, he notes that mainstream movies such as this are of interest to him and his consulting company...
...brother, David Mac Lane, explained that despite his prominence, the famed mathematician was often reluctant to take on administrative posts...