For anyone who wants to know more about Courant’s life, the people he crossed paths with (which include some of the great mathematicians of the 20th C), and how

For anyone who wants to know more about Courant’s life, the people he crossed paths with (which include some of the great mathematicians of the 20th C), and how NYU came to have the Courant Institute, Constance Reid’s biography is and nice read.