عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
QA21 .D78 1990
QA21
.
D78
1990
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
014014739X
(Number (ISBN
0471500305
(Number (ISBN
9780140147391
(Number (ISBN
9780471500308
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b707778
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Journey through genius :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
the great theorems of mathematics /
First Statement of Responsibility
William Dunham.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Wiley,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
©1990.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiii, 300 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Wiley science editions
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-293).
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
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).
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
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.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Journey through genius.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Mathematicians, Biography.
Mathematics-- History.
Mathematics-- History.
Mathématiciens-- Biographies.
Mathématiques-- Histoire.
Mathématiciens, Biographies.
Mathématiques-- Histoire.
31.02 philosophy and theory of mathematics.
Geschichte
Mathematicians, Biography.
Mathematicians.
Mathematics-- History.
Mathematics.
Mathematics.
Mathematik
Mathematik.
Mathématiques-- Histoire.
Theorem
Theses.
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
510/
.
9
Edition
20
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
QA21
Book number
.
D78
1990
OTHER CLASS NUMBERS
Class number
*
01A05
Class number
00-01
Class number
00A05
Class number
27
Class number
31
.
02
Class number
MAT
001n
Class number
SG
590
Class number
SK
110
System Code
msc
System Code
msc
System Code
msc
System Code
sdnb
System Code
bcl
System Code
stub
System Code
rvk
System Code
rvk
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Dunham, William,1947-
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20201207225209.0
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
Y
