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The mathematics of great amateurs

✍ Scribed by Julian Lowell Coolidge, Jeremy Gray

Book ID
127455464
Publisher
Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Year
1990
Tongue
English
Weight
1 MB
Edition
2nd ed
Category
Library
City
Oxford :, New York
ISBN-13
9780198539391

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✦ Synopsis

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 Arnauld, and many others, providing fascinating information on their lives and circumstances. The book also includes a valuable introductory essay by Professor Jeremy Gray, who comments on changes that have taken place in the study of history and mathematics since the initial publication of this classic work in 1949.

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