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Journey Through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics
by Dunham, William
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0471500305
- ISBN 13
- 9780471500308
- Seller
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York, Chichester, Brisbane, Toronto, Singapore: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1990 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter blue cloth, blue-grey paper-covered boards, xiii, 300 pp, notes, bibliography, index. Boards faded near top & bottom edges. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Dunham examines the historical background, the proof, and the life of the mathematician who proved each of 12 theorems that solved longstanding problems in mathematics. Contents: Hippocrates quadrature of the Lune; Euclid's proof of the Pythagrean theorem; Euclid and the infinitude of primes; Archimedes' determination of circular area; Heron's formula for triangular area; Dardano and the solution of the cubic; a gem from Isaac Newton (the binomial theorem); the Bernoullis and the harmonic series; the extraordinary sums of Leonhard Euler; a sampler of Euler's number theory; the non-denumerability of the continuum; Cantor and the transfinite realm. Readers need background in algebra & geometry. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Fine. 23½ X 16 cm.
Synopsis
Like masterpieces of art, music, and literature, great mathematical theorems are creative milestones, works of genius destined to last forever. Now William Dunham gives them the attention they deserve. Dunham places each theorem within its historical context and explores the very human and often turbulent life of the creator — from Archimedes, the absentminded theoretician whose absorption in his work often precluded eating or bathing, to Gerolamo Cardano, the sixteenth-century mathematician whose accomplishments flourished despite a bizarre array of misadventures, to the paranoid genius of modern times, Georg Cantor. He also provides step-by-step proofs for the theorems, each easily accessible to readers with no more than a knowledge of high school mathematics. A rare combination of the historical, biographical, and mathematical, Journey Through Genius is a fascinating introduction to a neglected field of human creativity.
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- Bookseller
- Twin City Antiquarian Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MAGN00047
- Title
- Journey Through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics
- Author
- Dunham, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0471500305
- ISBN 13
- 9780471500308
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York, Chichester, Brisbane, Toronto, Singapore
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- Mathematics
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mathematics;
- X weight
- 32 oz
- Size
- 23½ X 16 cm
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