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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