Makers Of Mathematics (dover Books On Mathematics)
by Stuart Hollingdale /
2011 / English / EPUB
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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.
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.
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.
