Author: Waldo DunningtonPublisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 1470457423
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 537
Book Description
Gauss: Titan of Science
Author: Waldo DunningtonPublisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 1470457423
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 537
Book Description
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Author: G. Waldo DunningtonPublisher: MAA
ISBN: 9780883855478
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Classic biography of Gauss, updated with new introduction, bibliography and new material.
Carl Friedrich Gauss, Titan of Science, a Study of His Life and Work, by G. Waldo Dunnington,...
Author: G. Waldo DunningtonCarl Friedrich Gauss: Titan of Science
Author: G. Waldo DunningtonThe Prince of Mathematics
Author: M. B. W. TentPublisher: A K Peters/CRC Press
ISBN: 9781568814551
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Learn about the boy who - could read and add numbers when he was three years old, - thwarted his teacher by finding a quick and easy way to sum the numbers 1-100, - attracted the attention of a Duke with his genius, and became the man who... - predicted the reappearance of a lost planet, - discovered basic properties of magnetic forces, - invented a surveying tool used by professionals until the invention of lasers. Based on extensive research of original and secondary sources, this historical narrative will inspire young readers and even curious adults with its touching story of personal achievement.
Gauss
Author: Guy Waldo DunningtonPublisher: Mathematical Assn of Amer
ISBN: 9780883855386
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Classic biography of Gauss, updated with new introduction, bibliography and new material.
The Fifth Postulate
Author: Jason Socrates BardiPublisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 0470467363
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
The great discovery that no one wanted to make It's the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, and Euclidean geometry has been profoundly influential for centuries. One mystery remains, however: Euclid's fifth postulate has eluded for two thousand years all attempts to prove it. What happens when three nineteenth-century mathematicians realize that there is no way to prove the fifth postulate and that it ought to be discarded—along with everything they'd come to know about geometry? Jason Socrates Bardi shares the dramatic story of the moment when the tangible and easily understood world we live in gave way to the strange, mind-blowing world of relativity, curved space-time, and more. "Jason Socrates Bardi tells the story of the discovery of non-Euclidian geometry—one of the greatest intellectual advances of all time—with tremendous clarity and verve. I loved this book." —John Horgan, author, The End of Science and Rational Mysticism "An accessible and engrossing blend of micro-biography, history and mathematics, woven together to reveal a blockbuster discovery." —David Wolman, author of Righting the Mother Tongue and A Left-Hand Turn around the World
Gauss
Author: W. K. BühlerPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 364249207X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Procreare iucundum, sed parturire molestum. (Gauss, sec. Eisenstein) The plan of this book was first conceived eight years ago. The manuscript developed slowly through several versions until it attained its present form in 1979. It would be inappropriate to list the names of all the friends and advisors with whom I discussed my various drafts but I should like to mention the name of Mr. Gary Cornell who, besides discussing with me numerous details of the manuscript, revised it stylistically. There is much interest among mathematicians to know more about Gauss's life, and the generous help I received has certainly more to do with this than with any individual, positive or negative, aspect of my manuscript. Any mistakes, errors of judgement, or other inadequacies are, of course, the author's responsi bility. The most incisive and, in a way, easiest decisions I had to make were those of personal taste in the choice and treatment of topics. Much had to be omitted or could only be discussed in a cursory way.
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Author: Guy Waldo DunningtonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781258486631
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
Author: G. Waldo Dunnington