A strange wilderness : the lives of the great mathematicians / Amir D. Aczel.
Pubblicazione:
New York : Sterling, 2011.
Descrizione fisica:
XIX, 284 p. : ill., ritr. ; 24 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Preface. Introduction. Pt. 1. Hellenic foundations: 1. God is number 2. Plato's academy 3. Alexandria. Pt. 2. The East: 4. The house of wisdom 5. Medieval China. Pt. 3. Renaissance mathematics: 6. Italian Shenanigans 7. Heresy. Pt. 4. To calculus and beyond: 8. The gentleman soldier 9. The greatest rivalry 10. Geniuses of the Enlightenment. Pt. 5. Upheaval in France: 11. Napoleon's mathematicians 12. Duel at Dawn. Pt. 6. Toward a new mathematics: 13. Infinity and mental illness 14. Unlikely heroes 15. The strangest wilderness. Notes. Bibliography. Photo credits. Index
