The Mathematical Universe
An Alphabetical Journey Through the Great Proofs, Problems, and Personalities
1st Edition
Published on 30. August 1994
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-471-53656-7 (ISBN)
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"Dunham writes for nonspecialists, and they will enjoy his piquantanecdotes and amusing asides -- Booklist
"Artfully, Dunham conducts a tour of the mathematical universe. . .he believes these ideas to be accessible to the audience he wantsto reach, and he writes so that they are." -- Nature
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"Artfully, Dunham conducts a tour of the mathematical universe. . .he believes these ideas to be accessible to the audience he wantsto reach, and he writes so that they are." -- Nature
"If you want to encourage anyone's interest in math, get them TheMathematical Universe."
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English
Place of publication
New York
United States
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Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
654 gr
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978-0-471-53656-7 (9780471536567)
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An Alphabetical Journey Through the Great Proofs, Problems, and Personalities
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WILLIAM DUNHAM, Ph.D., is the Truman Koehler Professor of Mathematics at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The author of the acclaimed Journey Through Genius, he was awarded the 1993 George Polya Award of the Mathematical Association of America for excellence in expository writing about mathematics. He is also the recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Content
Arithmetic.
Bernoulli Trials.
Circle.
Differential Calculus.
Euler.
Fermat.
Greek Geometry.
Hypotenuse.
Isoperimetric Problem.
Justification.
Knighted Newton.
Lost Leibniz.
Mathematical Personality.
Natural Logarithm.
Origins.
Prime Number Theorem.
Quotient.
Russell's Paradox.
Spherical Surface.
Trisection.
Utility.
Venn Diagram.
Where Are the Women?
X-Y Plane.
Z.
Afterword.
Notes.
Index.
Bernoulli Trials.
Circle.
Differential Calculus.
Euler.
Fermat.
Greek Geometry.
Hypotenuse.
Isoperimetric Problem.
Justification.
Knighted Newton.
Lost Leibniz.
Mathematical Personality.
Natural Logarithm.
Origins.
Prime Number Theorem.
Quotient.
Russell's Paradox.
Spherical Surface.
Trisection.
Utility.
Venn Diagram.
Where Are the Women?
X-Y Plane.
Z.
Afterword.
Notes.
Index.