God Created the Integers

The Mathematical Breakthroughs That Changed History

Buch | Hardcover

1176 Seiten

2005
Perseus Books (Verlag)
978-0-7624-1922-7 (ISBN)

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Bestselling author and physicist Stephen Hawking explores the "masterpieces" of mathematics, 25 landmarks spanning 2,500 years and representing the work of 15 mathematicians, including Augustin Cauchy, Bernard Riemann, and Alan Turing. This extensive anthology allows readers to peer into the mind of genius by providing them with excerpts from the original mathematical proofs and results. It also helps them understand the progression of mathematical thought, and the very foundations of our present-day technologies. Each chapter begins with a biography of the featured mathematician, clearly explaining the significance of the result, followed by the full proof of the work, reproduced from the original publication.

Stephen Hawking is, like Sir Isaac Newton before him, a Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge. He is the author of numerous books, including the phenomenally successful A Brief History of Time which has sold over 10 million copies in 40 different languages.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.10.2005
Verlagsort	Boulder
Sprache	englisch
Maße	153 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geschichte der Mathematik
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Mathematische Spiele und Unterhaltung
ISBN-10	0-7624-1922-9 / 0762419229
ISBN-13	978-0-7624-1922-7 / 9780762419227
Zustand	Neuware