AuthorDunham, William, 1947-
TitleThe mathematical universe : an alphabetical journey through the great proofs, problems, and personalities / William Dunham
Imprint New York : John Wiley & Son, 1994
Descript vi, 314 p. : ill. ; 25 cm

CONTENT

Arithematic -- Bernoulli trials -- Circle -- Differential calculus -- Euler -- Fermat -- Greek Geometry -- Hypotenuse -- Isoperimetric problem -- Justification -- Knighted Newton -- Lost Leibniz -- Mathematical personality -- Natural logarithm -- Origins -- Prime number theorem -- Quotient -- Russell's Paradox -- Spherical surface -- Trisection -- Utility -- Venn Diagram -- Where are the women -- X-Y plane


SUBJECT

  1. Mathematics -- History
  2. Mathematicians -- History

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