Journey through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics - Couverture souple

Dunham, William

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ISBN 10 : 014014739X ISBN 13 : 9780140147391

Editeur : Penguin Publishing Group, 1991

Synopsis

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Like masterpieces of art, music, and literature, great mathematical theorems are creative milestones, works of genius destined to last forever. Now William Dunham gives them the attention they deserve.

Dunham places each theorem within its historical context and explores the very human and often turbulent life of the creator — from Archimedes, the absentminded theoretician whose absorption in his work often precluded eating or bathing, to Gerolamo Cardano, the sixteenth-century mathematician whose accomplishments flourished despite a bizarre array of misadventures, to the paranoid genius of modern times, Georg Cantor. He also provides step-by-step proofs for the theorems, each easily accessible to readers with no more than a knowledge of high school mathematics. A rare combination of the historical, biographical, and mathematical, Journey Through Genius is a fascinating introduction to a neglected field of human creativity.

“It is mathematics presented as a series of works of art; a fascinating lingering over individual examples of ingenuity and insight. It is mathematics by lightning flash.” —Isaac Asimov

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

William Dunham is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Pittsburgh. After receiving his Ph.D. from the Ohio State University in 1974, he joined the mathematics faculty at Hanover College in Indiana. He has directed a summer seminar funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities on the topic of "The Great Theorems of Mathematics in Historical Context."

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Publishing Group
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 014014739X
• ISBN 13: 9780140147391
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible