Most Elegant Equation: Euler's Formula and the Beauty of Mathematics - Hardcover
by David Stipp
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9780465093779ISBN-10:465093779UPC:9780465093779Book Category:MathematicsBook Subcategory:History & Philosophy, Calculus, AlgebraBook Topic:ElementarySize:8.30 x 5.60 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.7915Product ID:SCEHBB43HD
Most Elegant Equation: Euler's Formula and the Beauty of Mathematics
An award-winning science writer introduces us to mathematics using the extraordinary equation that unites five of mathematics' most important numbers Bertrand Russell wrote that mathematics can exalt "as surely as poetry." This is especially true of one equation: ei(pi) + 1 = 0, the brainchild of Leonhard Euler, the Mozart of mathematics. More than two centuries after Euler's death, it is still...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9780465093779ISBN-10:465093779UPC:9780465093779Book Category:MathematicsBook Subcategory:History & Philosophy, Calculus, AlgebraBook Topic:ElementarySize:8.30 x 5.60 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.7915Product ID:SCEHBB43HD
David Stipp is an award-winning science writer whose work has appeared in Scientific American, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Science, and other publications. The author of The Youth Pill, he lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
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