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Journey Through Genius - The Great Theorems of Mathematics (Paperback) Loot Price: R398
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Journey Through Genius - The Great Theorems of Mathematics (Paperback)

William Dunham

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Like masterpieces of art, music, and literature, great mathematical theorems are creative milestones, works of genius destined to last forever. Now William Dunham gives them the attention they deserve.

Dunham places each theorem within its historical context and explores the very human and often turbulent life of the creator -- from Archimedes, the absentminded theoretician whose absorption in his work often precluded eating or bathing, to Gerolamo Cardano, the sixteenth-century mathematician whose accomplishments flourished despite a bizarre array of misadventures, to the paranoid genius of modern times, Georg Cantor. He also provides step-by-step proofs for the theorems, each easily accessible to readers with no more than a knowledge of high school mathematics.

A rare combination of the historical, biographical, and mathematical, Journey Through Genius is a fascinating introduction to a neglected field of human creativity.

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Imprint: Penguin USA
Country of origin: United States
Release date: 1900
First published: August 1991
Authors: William Dunham
Dimensions: 195 x 125 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 978-0-14-014739-1
Categories: Books > Law > General
Books > Science & Mathematics > General
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LSN: 0-14-014739-X
Barcode: 9780140147391

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