| Publication |
New York, Touchstone, 2008.
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| Description |
xvii, 590pWhite Spine
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| Summary/Abstract |
Men of Mathematics provides a rich account of major mathematical milestones, from the geometry of the Greeks through Newton’s calculus, and on to the laws of probability, symbolic logic, and the fourth dimension. Bell breaks down this majestic history of ideas into a series of engrossing biographies of the great mathematicians who made progress possible, and who also led intriguing, complicated, and often surprisingly entertaining lives.
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| Standard Number |
9781416597612 Hb.
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