Journey Through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780140147391ISBN-10:014014739XUPC:9780140147391Book Category:Mathematics, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:History & Philosophy, Science & Technology, EssaysSize:7.76 x 5.09 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.4894Product ID:SCFS5VGS57
Journey Through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics
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...
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780140147391ISBN-10:014014739XUPC:9780140147391Book Category:Mathematics, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:History & Philosophy, Science & Technology, EssaysSize:7.76 x 5.09 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.4894Product ID:SCFS5VGS57
William Dunham is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Pittsburgh. After receiving his Ph.D. from the Ohio State University in 1974, he joined the mathematics faculty at Hanover College in Indiana. He has directed a summer seminar funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities on the topic of "The Great Theorems of Mathematics in Historical Context."
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