Journey through Genius The Great Theorems of Mathematics In Journey through Genius author William Dunham strikes an extraordinary balance between the historical and devotes each chapter to a principal result of mathematics such as the solution of the cubic series and the divergence of the harmonic series Journey through Genius The Great Theorems of Mathematics A decent trawl through a few millennia of mathematics focusing on specific theorems that the author describes as the great theorems of mathematics The pen pictures of the mathematicians are good but what sets the book apart from the large number of similar books is the focus on specific theorems and their proofs Journey through Genius The Great Theorems of Mathematics Journey Through Genius is a collection of proofs that are important in the history of mathematics along with biographical information on the mathematicians who created these proofs The major branches of elementary mathematics are well represented geometry number theory algebra Journey Genius University of Georgia viii • JOURNEY THROUGH GENIUS generated even more profound questions for the future or both At the end of each chapter is an Epilogue usually addressing an issue raised by the great theorem and following it as it echoes down through the history Problems for Journey Through Genius The Great Theorems of Editor’s note William Dunham’s enduring classic Journey Through Genius The Great Theorems of Mathematics has enjoyed popularity among readers who want to learn more about mathematics and its history ever since its initial publication in 1990 John Wiley Sons Penguin Paperbacks 1991 Still in print after 25 years it has been translated into Spanish Italian Japanese Korean and Journey Through Genius Thriftbooks Some books such as Balls and Beilers seem to have sparked a lifelong love of mathematics in practically everyone who reads them Journey Through Genius should be another such the Preface the author comments that it is common practice to teach appreciation for art through a study of the great masterpieces
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Category: Book
ISBN: 014014739X
Release Date: 1991-08-01
Number of Pages: 322
Total Offers : 130
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