Significant figures : the lives and work of great mathematicians

The Resource Significant figures : the lives and work of great mathematicians

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Significant figures : the lives and work of great mathematicians

Title remainder

the lives and work of great mathematicians

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Ian Stewart

Language

eng

Summary

A celebrated mathematician traces the history of math through the lives and work of twenty-five pioneering mathematicians In Significant Figures, acclaimed mathematician Ian Stewart introduces the visionaries of mathematics throughout history. Delving into the lives of twenty-five great mathematicians, Stewart examines the roles they played in creating, inventing, and discovering the mathematics we use today. Through these short biographies, we get acquainted with the history of mathematics from Archimedes to Benoit Mandelbrot, and learn about those too often left out of the cannon, such as Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (c. 780-850), the creator of algebra, and Augusta Ada King (1815-1852), Countess of Lovelace, the world's first computer programmer. Tracing the evolution of mathematics over the course of two millennia, Significant Figures will educate and delight aspiring mathematicians and experts alike

Biography type

collective biography

Cataloging source

N$T

Dewey number

510.922

Index

index present

LC call number

QA28

LC item number

.S74 2017eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries
bibliography

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