Description |
xiii, 300 pages, : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Series |
Wiley science editions |
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Wiley science editions.
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Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Hippocrates' Quadrature of the Lune (ca. -- 440 B.C.). -- Euclid's Proof of the Pythagorean Theorem (ca. -- 300 B.C.). -- Euclid and the Infinitude of Primes (ca. -- 300 B.C.). -- Archimedes' Determination of Circular Area (ca. -- 225 B.C.). -- Heron's Formula for Triangular Area (ca. -- A.D. -- 75). -- Cardano and the Solution of the Cubic (1545). -- A Gem from Isaac Newton (Late 1660s). -- The Bernoullis and the Harmonic Series (1689). -- The Extraordinary Sums of Leonhard Euler (1734). -- A Sampler of Euler's Number Theory (1736). -- The Non-Denumerability of the Continuum (1874). -- Cantor and the Transfinite Realm (1891). -- Afterword. -- Chapter Notes. -- References. -- Index |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 291-293 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-293) |
Subject |
Mathematicians -- Biography.
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Mathematics -- History.
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LC no. |
89027366 |
ISBN |
0471500305 |
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