| Description |
xiii, 300 pages, : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Wiley science editions |
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Wiley science editions.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-293). |
| Contents |
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). |
| Subject |
Mathematics -- History.
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Mathematicians -- Biography.
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| Indexed Term |
Mathematics History |
| ISBN |
0471500305: $19.95 |
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