Euler's Pioneering Equation: The Most Beautiful Theorem in Mathematics - Paperback
by Robin Wilson
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780198794936ISBN-10:198794932UPC:9780198794936Book Category:MathematicsBook Subcategory:History & PhilosophySize:7.82 x 5.13 x 0.41 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SC5HGH9XD8
In just seven symbols, with profound and beautiful simplicity, Euler's Equation connects five of the most important numbers in mathematics. Robin Wilson explores each number in turn, then brings them together to consider the power of the equation as a whole.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780198794936ISBN-10:198794932UPC:9780198794936Book Category:MathematicsBook Subcategory:History & PhilosophySize:7.82 x 5.13 x 0.41 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SC5HGH9XD8
Robin Wilson is an Emeritus Professor of Pure Mathematics at the Open University, Emeritus Professor of Geometry at Gresham College, London, and a former fellow of Keble College, Oxford University. He is currently a Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics. A former President of the British Society for the History of Mathematics, he has written and edited many books on the history of mathematics, including Lewis Carroll in Numberland, and also on graph theory, including Introduction to Graph Theory and Four Colours Suffice. Involved with the popularization of mathematics and its history, he has been awarded the Mathematical Association of America's Lester Ford award and Polya prize for his 'outstanding expository writing', and the Ralph Stanton Award for outreach activities in combinatorics. He has Erdős Number 1.
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