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Mathematics - simply brilliant! : remarkable ideas and stories from Pythagoras to Peano / Heinz Klaus Strick.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Strick, Heinz Klaus, author.
- Series:
- Oregon State monographs. Mathematics and statistics series
- Mathematics and Statistics Series
- Standardized Title:
- Mathematik - einfach genial! English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Mathematics.
- Mathematics--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 454 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin : Springer, [2026]
- Language Note:
- Translated from German.
- System Details:
- text file PDF
- Contents:
- Pythagoras of Samos - Sect Leader and Philosopher
- Archimedes of Syracuse - Mathematician, Physicist and Engineer
- Diophantus of Alexandria - Virtuoso Beginnings of Algebra and Number Theory
- Muhammed al-Khwarizmi - Father of Algebra
- Thabit ibn Qurra - Brilliant Translator and Creative Mathematician
- Ali al-Hasan Ibn al-Haitham - Father of Optics
- Abu Arrayhan al-Biruni - Universal Scholar from Afghanistan
- Omar Khayyam - Mathematician, Philosopher, and Poet
- Jamshid al-Kashi - The Last Significant Mathematician of the Islamic Middle Ages
- Niccolò Tartaglia and Girolamo Cardano - Who Deserves the Credit?- John Napier - Master of Calculation
- René Descartes - Founder of Analytic Geometry
- Pierre de Fermat - Misjudged Mathematical Genius from the Provinces
- Blaise Pascal - Profound Theologian and Mathematician
- Abraham de Moivre - A Brilliant Frenchman in English Exile
- Leonhard Euler - "our master par excellence"
- Joseph-Louis Lagrange - Versatile Mathematician and Physicist
- Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier - from the French Revolution to the Revolution in the Theory of Heat
- William Rowan Hamilton - an Unhappy Genius from Ireland
- Georg Cantor - Explorer of the Infinite- Giuseppe Peano - Versatile Mathematician and Logician.
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Strick, Heinz Klaus Mathematics - Simply Brilliant!
- ISBN:
- 9783662724033
- 3662724030
- Publisher Number:
- 90104464577
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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