Makers of Mathematics (eBook)

Stuart Hollingdale (Autor)

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2014
464 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-17450-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Each chapter of this accessible portrait of the evolution of mathematics examines the work of an individual — Archimedes, Descartes, Newton, Einstein, others — to explore the mathematics of his era. 1989 edition.

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Fascinating and highly readable, this book recounts the history of mathematics as revealed in the lives and writings of the most distinguished practitioners of the art: Archimedes, Descartes, Fermat, Pascal, Newton, Leibniz, Euler, Gauss, Hamilton, Einstein, and many more. Author Stuart Hollingdale introduces and explains the roles of these gifted and often colorful figures in the development of mathematics as well as the ways in which their work relates to mathematics as a whole.Although the emphasis in this absorbing survey is primarily biographical, Hollingdale also discusses major historical themes and explains new ideas and techniques. No specialized mathematical knowledge on the part of the reader is assumed. Superbly informative, this volume offers an accessible, interesting guide to one of the pillars of modern science, and to a supremely important aspect of human culture through the ages.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.6.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Gewicht: 463 g
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geometrie / Topologie
• Schlagworte: academia • academic literature • Algebra • Archimedes • biographical • Calculus • Descartes • developments in math • discovery of math • Einstein • Euler • Fermat • GAUSS • gifted figures in history • Hamilton • History and Philosophy • History of Mathematics • leibniz • Mathematicians • Modern Science • Newton • PASCAL • Physics • pioneering developments • science and math
• ISBN-10: 0-486-17450-6 / 0486174506
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-17450-1 / 9780486174501