• Barry Simon to receive AMS Steele Lifetime Achievement award

    Posted on November 15, 2015 at 10:36 CST by • Comment in the Forums

    Those of you who remember the “Mother of all Windows” and “Mother of All PCs” books might be tickled to discover that Barry Simon – Mom’s co-author and one of the smartest people I’ve ever met – has just been announced as this year’s American Mathematical Society Steele award winner, for lifetime achievement.

    Barry’s an amazing guy. I “met” him when I posted a complaint about the mathematics behind a PC Magazine article. (The author of the article implied that a solution to an optimization problem in integers is passably close to a non-integer solution. Nevermind.) Barry disagreed with me. And if you’ve ever disagreed with Barry Simon, lemme tell ya, it’s an education unto itself. Like arguing with an encyclopedia. Barry won — although I still maintain my position was tenable — and we struck up a conversation that lasted through five enormous books.

    Although he’s probably best known, even now, as the co-author of “Methods of Modern Mathematical Physics” (no, his first name isn’t “Reed”), he’s about to release a new five-volume set “A Comprehensive Course in Analysis.” 

    Whenever I hear the term “smart,” I think “Barry.”

    It was a real honor and privilege to work with him and Mom.

    Wonder what Barry’s going to do for an encore? 

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