Leonhard Euler : mathematical genius in the Enlightenment / Ronald Calinger.
Pubblicazione:
Princeton : Princeton university press, c2016.
Descrizione fisica:
XVII, 669 p. ; 24 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Preface. Acknowledgments. Author's notes. Introduction. 1. The Swiss years: (1707 to April 1727) 2. Into the paradise of scholars: (April 1727 to 1730) 3. Departures, and Euler in love: (1730 to 1734) 4. Reaching the inmost heart of mathematics: (1734 to 1740) 5. Life becomes rather dangerous: (1740 to August 1741) 6. A call to Berlin: ( August 1741 to 1744) 7. The happiest man in the world: (1744 to 1746) 8. The apogee years, I: (1746 to 1748) 9. The apogee years, II: (1748 to 1750) 10. The apogee years, III: (1750 to 1753) 11. Increasing precision and generalization in the mathematical sciences: (1753 to 1756) 12. War and estrangement (1756 to July 1766) 13. Return to Saint Petersburg: academy reform and great productivity, (July 1766 to 1773) 14. Vigorous autumnal years: (1773 to 1782) 15. Toward a more perfect state of dreaming: (1782 to October 1783). Notes. General bibliography of works consulted. Register of principal names. General index
