{"product_id":"9783642225574","title":"The Crossing of Heaven: Memoirs of a Mathematician","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Crossing of Heaven: Memoirs of a Mathematician\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eGustafson, Karl; Antoniou, Ioannis\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the group of physics honors students huddled in 1957 on a Colorado mountain watching Sputnik bisect the heavens, one young scientist was destined, three short years later, to become a key player in America’s own top-secret spy satellite program. One of our era’s most prolific mathematicians, Karl Gustafson was given just two weeks to write the first US spy satellite’s software. The project would fundamentally alter America’s Cold War strategy, and this autobiographical account of a remarkable academic life spent in the top flight tells this fascinating inside story for the first time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGustafson takes you from his early pioneering work in computing, through fascinating encounters with Nobel laureates and Fields medalists, to his current observations on mathematics, science and life. He tells of brushes with death, being struck by lightning, and the beautiful women who have been a part of his journey.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2012-01-05\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783642225574\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-642-22558-1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 176\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Berlin Heidelberg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45583847882892,"sku":"9783642225574","price":34.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783642225574.jpg?v=1775792011","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783642225574","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}