God Created The Integers
The Mathematical Breakthroughs That Changed History
Hawking, Stephen W. (EDT)
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BOOK SUMMARY
"Bestselling author and physicist Stephen Hawking explores the ""masterpieces"" of mathematics, 25 landmarks spanning 2,500 years and representing the work of 15 mathematicians, including Augustin Cauchy"
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Bestselling author and physicist Stephen Hawking explores the "masterpieces" of mathematics, 25 landmarks spanning 2,500 years and representing the work of 15 mathematicians, including Augustin Cauchy, Bernard Riemann, and Alan Turing. This extensive anthology allows readers to peer into the mind of genius by providing them with excerpts from the original mathematical proofs and results. It also helps them understand the progression of mathematical thought, and the very foundations of our present-day technologies. Each chapter begins with a biography of the featured mathematician, clearly explaining the significance of the result, followed by the full proof of the work, reproduced from the original publication.
AUTHOR BIO
Stephen Hawkings ability to make science understandable and compelling to a lay audience was established with the publication of his first book, A Brief History of Time, which has sold nearly 10 million copies in 40 languages. Hawking has authored or participated in the creation of numerous other popular science books, including On the Shoulders of Giants and The Illustrated On the Shoulders of Giants.
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0762419229
ISBN(13-digit): 9780762419227
Copyright: 2005
Dewey Decimal: 510.9
Library of Congress: bl2006025095
Book Publisher: Perseus Books Group
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 1160
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