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	Serge Lang; mathematician noted for political activism; 78 \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Serge Lang, a leading mathematical theorist who became better known for his academic jousts with nonmathematicians on social and political issues than for his work in geometry and the properties of numbers, died Sept. 12 in Berkeley.
		Lang started his career as one of the nation's leading thinkers in fundamental mathematics, using aspects of geometry to study the properties of numbers, and evolved into a gifted but challenging teacher.
		Serge Lang was born in Paris in 1927, and moved to California with his family when he was a teenager.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20051006/news_1m6lang.html (727 words)

	Serge Lang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Serge Lang (May 19, 1927–September 12, 2005) was a French-born American mathematician.
		Lang's Algebra, a graduate-level introduction to abstract algebra, was a distinctive text that ran through numerous updated editions.
		Lang, who was a lutenist, walks into a lute shop and says that these are pretty good lutes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Serge_Lang (970 words)

	blogrunner: Serge Lang, 78, a Gadfly and Mathematical Theorist, Dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Serge Lang became better known for his academic jousts with nonmathematicians on social and political issues than for his work in geometry and the properties of numbers.
		I was rather annoyed on learning of Serge Lang's death that it had been given so little media attention when the lives of far more inconsequential figures are paid full press court, so it's heartening to see the New York Times make a belated attempt at making amends.
		Gadfly and Mathematical Theorist Dies at 78: "Serge Lang, a leading mathematical theorist who became better known for his academic jousts with nonmathematicians on social and political issues than for his work in geometry and the properties of numbers, died Sept. 12 in Berkeley, Calif. He was 78.
	annotatedtimes.blogrunner.com /snapshot/D/0/6/43360F03009A4906 (353 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Reviews for Algebra: Books: Serge Lang (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Lang's text is well written (although I keep running into small errors), and probably should be in the library of any graduate student in the pure mathematics.
		Lang's text is probably better suited for a second class in algebra at the graduate level (there are some other advanced tests such as Jacobson's, but I believe that Lang's text is the only well written text book in algebra which covers such a wide range of topics in proper detail).
		Lang's proofs are often too terse, and even experienced readers will sometimes have to work hard to fill in all the gaps.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Algebra-Serge-Lang/dp/customer-reviews/0201555409 (859 words)

	Encyclopedia: Serge Lang
		This is a glossary of arithmetic and Diophantine geometry in mathematics, areas growing out of the traditional study of Diophantine equations to encompass large parts of number theory and algebraic geometry.
		In abstract algebra, homological algebra, algebraic topology and algebraic number theory, as well as in applications to group theory proper, group cohomology is a way to study groups using a sequence of functors H n.
		Jean-Pierre Serre (born September 15, 1926) is one of the leading mathematicians of the twentieth century, active in algebraic geometry, number theory and topology.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Serge-Lang (2264 words)

	Serge Lang is fighting a losing battle \| Feb 11, 2000
		Lang asserts that the book, which analyzes a scientific controversy of the '80s involving data fabrication among prominent scientists, showcases Kevles' lack of objectivity and shortcomings as a scholar.
		Serge Lang has fallen into the abyss of pretension and self-servitude into which his ego has dragged him.
		Lang instead chooses to view Kevles' rejection of his position as evidence of deliberate obfuscation and mishandling on the part of the CalTech professor.
	www.yaleherald.com /archive/xxix/2000.02.11/opinion/p10lang.html (740 words)

	New AIDS Review Yale's Serge Lang, a firebrand of idealism, is lost to the academy and to science (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Serge Lang had no equal in the fierceness of his unrelenting battle for higher standards of accurate expression in the professional statements and behavior of establishment academics, editors and publishers, whether they were colleagues or not.
		Lang was what all truthseekers should aspire to be, a one man anti-aircraft missile against nonsense and self-serving misstatements from on high in the academic world, publishing, or in one important case in science, AIDS.
		Lang's ability to stand up to his peers and insist they meet their public responsibilities in the accuracy of their factual research and the truth of their official statements, and not restrict free speech and twist the truth for their own ends, is going to be sorely missed.
	www.newaidsreview.org /posts/1126904973.shtml (3755 words)

	Lang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Daniel Robert Lang, Daniel (Born in Rochford Hospital in 1981, Southend-on-sea, Essex).
		Lang, Andrew (1844-1912), Scottish collector of folk and fairy tales
		Lang, Robert (born 1970), professional ice hockey player
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lang (160 words)

	Alibris: Serge Lang
		In the first chapter, Lang discusses the relation between the geometry and the algebra underlying the subject, and gives concrete examples of the notions which appear later in the book.
		All of the basic topics in calculus of several variables are covered, including vectors, curves, functions of several variables, gradient, tangent plane, maxima and minima, potential functions, curve integrals, Green's theorem, multiple integrals, surface integrals, Stokes' theorem, and the...
		This collection, based on several of Lang's "Files, " deals with the area where science and academia meet the worlds of journalism and politics: social organization, government, and the roles that education and journalism play in shaping opinions leading to policy decisions.
	www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Lang,Serge (905 words)

	Lang biography
		Serge lived in Paris and attended school there until the beginning of World War II when he was in the 10th grade.
		Lang's mathematical research ranged over a wide range of topics such as algebraic geometry, Diophantine geometry (a term Lang invented), transcendental number theory, Diophantine approximation, analytic number theory and its connections to representation theory, modular curves and their applications in number theory, L-series, hyperbolic geometry, Arakelov theory, and differential geometry.
		Lang suspected that he was using false pseudo-mathematical argument to give arguments that he wanted to justify greater authority.
	www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/Biographies/Lang.html (1729 words)

	Serge Lang - AIDS Wiki
		Lang was a vocal critic of the orthodox consensus on HIV and AIDS.
		Lang was born in Paris in 1927, and moved with his family to California as a teenager.
		Lang was critical of the "publish or perish" mentality of contemporary mathematics: "Our response should be flexible and daring, and we should create an atmosphere which allows young mathematicians to feel that they can make it in the academic world without having to write one mediocre paper every year or two." (Lang 1970)
	www.reviewingaids.org /awiki/index.php/Serge_Lang (1281 words)

	Review of Challenges by Serge Lang (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Serge Lang has been a hero of mine for several years now.
		In particular, Huntington is shown, in detail (with numerous citations given and even quoted at length), to have distorted the historical record and to have used ill-defined concepts with spurious numerical values in meaningless equations.
		Lang's basic method of inquiry is to publish a rant (of course I use this term non-pejoratively) in the form, say, of a Letter to the Editor, or, failing that, a paid ad.
	members.aol.com /vlorbik/tenpage/lang.html (652 words)

	Yale Daily News - Math professor Serge Lang dies at age 78
		Serge Lang, a noted mathematics professor emeritus and the most prolific modern writer in his field, died Monday at the age of 78.
		Lang, a member of the National Academy of Sciences who retired from Yale last year, was known for his activism in mathematical education and his controversial disputation of the link between HIV and AIDS.
		Lang had the students comment on passages from Huntington's work to determine, as he would put it, whether they could "tell a fact from a hole in the ground," Acharya said.
	www.yaledailynews.com /article.asp?AID=29843 (750 words)

	In memoriam: Serge Lang (1927-2005)
		Lang’s files were circulated by him to all directly involved people and to many interested scholars, so that through his mailings to dozens and sometimes hundreds of recipients a competent public was built that witnessed the development of the confrontation.
		Lang’s intent in drawing this distinction was to make it easier for whistle-blowers to expose the mistakes and abuses in scientific research than it would be if this led automatically to a prosecution of the wrong-doers and then, necessarily, to an evaluation of the degree the accused were consciously acting against the scientific standards.
		Lang’s last struggle was related to his longstanding engagement to ask the biomedical AIDS establishment uncomfortable questions concerning the rational and empirical soundness of the official belief that the astutely named "Human Immunodeficiency Virus" (HIV) is the cause of the "Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome" (AIDS).
	www.dipmat.unipg.it /~mamone/sci-dem/nuocontri/mamone_05.htm (5956 words)

	CNN/SI - Winter Sports - Father of skiing World Cup dies - Monday November 22, 1999 02:15 PM
		Lang realized skiing had the same potential as cycling if given the same stage.
		Lang was responsible for adding the Super G to the sport's curriculum and was also a moving force in the fight for improved safety, as well as cash prizes for the racers.
		More recently Lang developed the Legends circuit for veterans, which was still a struggling enterprise at the time of his death.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /wintersports/news/1999/11/22/obit_lang_ap (486 words)

	World Cup Ski Founder Serge Lang Dies
		Serge Lang presented his project in July 1965 during the Tour de France with the support of the French sports paper L'Equipe.
		Since 1961 Serge Lang was the President of the International Ski Writer Association which presents the annual "Golden Ski" to the most remarkable skier of the season.
		During his career, Lang has written numerous books on skiing and ski racing: He was working on his memoirs when his heart suddenly decided that it had had enough of this crazy life.
	classic.mountainzone.com /ski/2000/news/112399b.html (659 words)

	New AIDS Review The Times finally notes the passing of Lang, the greatest gadfly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Serge Lang finally (after more than two weeks) receives some of the respect he deserves from the Times with an obituary today, which is surprisingly positive.
		But the point was that Lang cared, and they didn't, and from their point of view he was bound to be a troublemaker, as he freely admitted he was.
		Recently, Lang was first given and then disrespectfully refused permission to distribute his File, or packet of documents, on the questions he and others raised about the claims and statistics of HIV/AIDS paradigm, to the audience inside the hall at Yale where a visiting mainstream lecturer on the topic was to speak.
	www.newaidsreview.org /posts/1128068870.shtml (4845 words)

	PAW \| Serge R. Lang 51 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)*
		Serge Lang, a leading mathematical theorist and gadfly, died Sept. 12, 2005, in Berkeley, Calif., apparently from heart disease.
		Born in Paris, Lang moved to California as a teenager, and earned an undergraduate degree from Cal Tech and a Ph.D. from Princeton in mathematics.
		Lang was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1985.
	webscript.princeton.edu /~paw/memorials/memdisplay.php?id=191 (194 words)

	Yale Daily News - Lang holds court in offbeat Tea
		Serge Lang calls it a natural rhythm: 100 in a room for 30 hesitating, chuckling and then shaking, letting loose the belly laughs everyone expected.
		Lang presided, patting his nose with a handkerchief and running his fingers down the chocolate strips of his velvet Renaissance doublet.
		Lang punctuated every pair of old and new songs with a comment on the recording, advising potential Praetorius afficionados which recordings were successful and which were just a bunch of "musicologists doing their things."
	www.yaledailynews.com /article.asp?AID=17045 (810 words)

	Algebraic Number Theory by Serge Lang
		Algebraic Number Theory by Serge Lang, : This is a corrected printing of the second edition of Lang's well-known textbook.
		Algebra by Serge Lang, X : "Lang's Algebra changed the way graduate algebra is taught, retaining classical topics but introducing langu...
		Linear Algebra by Serge A. Lang, : "Linear Algebra" is intended for a one-term course at the junior or senior level.
	www.tonsofspecials.com /sales.php?52512 (629 words)

	New Haven Independent: Serge Lang, 1927-2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It belonged to Serge Lang, a famous Yale mathematician.
		Serge made his professional reputation in math, authoring a flood of articles and textbooks about algebra, geometry, and number theory.
		He was a member of the Bourbaki group.” And Lang was known for his public fights with other mathematicians over the years.
	www.newhavenindependent.org /archives/2005/09/serge_lang_1927.html (649 words)

	Serge Lang, 78, a Gadfly and Mathematical Theorist, Dies - New York Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Serge Lang, a leading mathematical theorist who became better known for his academic jousts with nonmathematicians on social and political issues than for his work in geometry and the properties of numbers, died Sept. 12 in Berkeley, Calif. He was 78.
		Lang mounted a one-man campaign against Dr. Huntington's nomination to the National Academy of Sciences in 1986, dismissing Dr. Huntington's use of mathematical equations to relate factors like economic development and political instability as "pseudoscience" and "nonsense" - "a type of language which gives the illusion of science without any of its substance."
		Lang resigned his Columbia professorship in 1971 because of the university's handling of antiwar protesters.
	www.nytimes.com /glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/25/national/25lang.html&OQ=_rQ3D3&OP=6bf28f67Q2FQ7CoBUQ7C!1Gdw11Q7BgQ7Cgkk3Q7CkCQ7Cg3Q7C(Q23Q7Bp1(Q23Q25Q7Cg3Q25Q23(VEQ51Q7BiQ25 (877 words)

	New AIDS Review Brilliant revelation ignored - Serge Lang's book Challenges (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Serge Lang's "Challenges" is such an enlightening book that we feel we should repeat and expand on our mention in the previous post of this unique Lang legacy.
		Lang is a mathematician with zero tolerance for any reshaping of the truth and he evidently has a fierce passion for taking the lid off the instances he finds where the bureaucracy or the prestigious, Nobel laureated leaders of science are misleading the public or their students and collegues.
		Lang is very experienced in dealing with cases of academic fraud and coverup, and provides an excellent model for his successors to follow.
	www.newaidsreview.org /posts/1128276447.shtml (4568 words)

	Serge Lang (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Serge Lang has been a hero of mine for several years now.
		In particular, Huntington is shown, in detail (with numerous citations given and even quoted at length), to have distorted the historical record and to have used ill-defined concepts with spurious numerical values in meaningless equations.
		Lang's basic method of inquiry is to publish a rant (of course I use this term non-pejoratively) in the form, say, of a Letter to the Editor, or, failing that, a paid ad.
	www.log24.com /log05/saved/050917-Lang.html (624 words)

	Roger Peng's Other Homepage: Reflection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Lang would always rant in class about how we (students, these days) were incapable of thinking clearly.
		Lang despised Huntington as an academic, calling his research "political beliefs posed as science" (or something to that effect).
		Serge Lang was undoubtedly a bit of a kook.
	sandybox.typepad.com /rdp/reflection (1222 words)

	In Memoriam: Serge Lang, Yale Mathematician and Ethicist
		In Memoriam: Serge Lang, Yale Mathematician and Ethicist
		New Haven, Conn. — Serge Lang, professor emeritus of mathematics at Yale University and a vigorous advocate for high standards and integrity in science, died suddenly on September 12 in Berkeley, California.
		Lang was born in Paris, where he lived and was educated until the 10th grade, when he came to the United States with his family.
	www.yale.edu /opa/newsr/05-09-26-03.all.html (534 words)

	Amazon.ca: Algebra: Books: Serge Lang (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		"Lang’s Algebra … has gained an iconic status, due both to the comprehensiveness of its coverage and its ability to be authoritative and lively at the same time.
		"Lang's Algebra changed the way graduate algebra is taught, retaining classical topics but introducing language and ways of thinking from category theory and homological algebra.
		Lang does not write in a manner that's understandable by novices and is, in fact often obscure even for cognescenti.
	www.amazon.ca /Algebra-Serge-Lang/dp/038795385X (1503 words)

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