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Makers of Mathematics

Paperback • 1994 • English

Makers of Mathematics

By Stuart Hollingdale

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About the book

This is an account of the history of mathematics as it is revealed in the lives and writings of the most distinguished practitioners of the art, such as Archimedes, Descartes, Fermat, Pascal, Newton, Leibniz, Euler, Gauss, Hamilton and Einstein. In his account of their lives, the author introduces and explains the part these figures have played in the development of mathematics and how their work relates to the discipline. While the emphasis in his survey is primarily biographical, the author al...Show more

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ISBN

9780140149227

Published year

1994

Language

English

Original title

Makers of Mathematics

Format

Paperback

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