An edition of Journey Through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics (1990)

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An edition of Journey Through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics (1990)

Journey through genius

the great theorems of mathematics

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Mathematics is a science of rare mystery, created by great mathematicians who can at times seem like master magicians. This book opens up the world of mathematics to a wide and diverse audience of history, science, math, and general interest readers.

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Penguin Books
Language
English
Pages
300

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Subjects

Mathematicians, Mathematics, Biography, History, Mathematicians, biography, Mathematics, history, Matemáticos, Biografías, Mathematical analysis

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Table of Contents

1. Hippocrates' quadrature of the Lune (ca. 440 B.C.)
2. Euclid's proof of the Pythagorean Theorem (ca. 300 B.C.)
3. Euclid and the infinitude of primes (ca. 300 B.C.)
4. Archimedes' determination of circular area (ca. 225 B.C.)
5. Heron's formula for triangular area (ca. A.D. 75)
6. Cardano and the solution of the cubic (1545)
7. A gem from Isaac Newton (late 1660s)
8. The Bernoullis and the Harmonic series (1689)
9. The extraordinary sums of Leonhard Euler (1734)
10. A sampler of Euler's number theory (1736)
11. The non-denumerability of the continuum (1874)
12. Cantor and the transfinite realm (1891).

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-293).

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New York
Genre
Biography.

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xiii, 300 p. :
Number of pages
300

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OL22861200M
ISBN 10
014014739X
ISBN 13
9780140147391
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25159
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116185

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OL2040048W

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"Our knowledge of the very early development of mathematics is largely speculative, pieced together from archaeological fragments, architectural remains, and educated guesses."
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