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020 | _a9780140147391 | ||
082 | _a510.9 DUN-J | ||
100 | _aWilliam Dunham | ||
245 | _aJourney through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics | ||
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_bPenguin Books _c1991 |
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300 | _a xiii, 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. | ||
505 | _a 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). | ||
520 | _a 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. | ||
650 | _a Mathematics -- History. Mathematicians -- Biography. | ||
942 | _cBK |