The Mathematics of Great Amateurs

The mathematics of great amateurs

✍ Julian Lowell Coolidge, Jeremy Gray 📂 Library 📅 1990 🏛 Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press 🌐 English ⚖ 1 MB

This unique history surveys the mathematical contributions of numerous individuals noted mainly for their groundbreaking activities in other fields. It evaluates the discoveries of such luminaries as Plato, Leonardo da Vinci, Omar Khayyam, Jan de Witt, Denis Diderot, William George Horner, Antoine

The Mathematics of Great Amateurs.by Jul

The Mathematics of Great Amateurs.by Julian Lowell Coolidge

✍ Review by: Peter Braunfeld 📂 Article 📅 1991 🏛 Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics 🌐 English ⚖ 307 KB

The Tinkerers: The Amateurs, DIYers, and Inventors Who Make America Great

✍ Foege, Alec 📂 Fiction 📅 2012 🏛 Basic Books 🌐 English ⚖ 185 KB

Having completed her transition from a manufacturing economy, America – it is said – has stopped making things. When there are breakthroughs in engineering and design, it’s usually thanks to a team of corporate researchers trying to squeeze out more profit. But once upon a time, the United States wa

The Tinkerers: The Amateurs, DIYers, and

The Tinkerers: The Amateurs, DIYers, and Inventors Who Make America Great

📂 Standards 🏛 Basic Books 🌐 English ⚖ 337 KB

Having completed her transition from a manufacturing economy, America – it is said – has stopped making things. When there are breakthroughs in engineering and design, it’s usually thanks to a team of corporate researchers trying to squeeze out more profit. But once upon a time, the United States wa

It Doesnt Take A Rocket Scientist Great

It Doesnt Take A Rocket Scientist Great Amateurs Of Science: Malone

✍ Malone, John 📂 Library 📅 2002 🏛 John Wiley & Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 2 MB

An enlightening survey of the mavericks, misfits, and unschooled investigators who have been responsible for some of the greatest scientific discoveries in history. Explains the achievements of each of these accomplished amateurs and describes how they approached their investigations and discusses t

The great mathematical sputnik of 1979

✍ Eugene L. Lawler 📂 Article 📅 1980 🏛 Springer-Verlag 🌐 English ⚖ 677 KB