![]() ![]() In colorful anecdotes, the brilliant - often eccentric - luminaries chart the course of mathematical progress. Dunham explores more than five thousand years of mathematical history, digging into the earliest records in Egypt, Babylon, India, and China, and turning up surprising tales and tidbits from modern timesĪll along the way, Dunham portrays the great masters of math at their work. Scale the heights of the Himalayas with famed surveyor Sir George Everest and puzzle over the fascinating conundrum of Fermat's Last Theorem. In chapters spanning the field from A to Z, discover the marvels of the Monte Carlo Method and the ancient riddle of Dido's Problem. ![]() Subjects range from the golden age of Greek geometry to the furthest frontier of infinite series. Writing in his trademark razor-sharp style, Dunham introduces a tantalizing selection of the great proofs, notorious disputes, and intriguing unsolved mysteries. William Dunham, author of the popular Journey Through Genius, will give you a rare sampling of its joys From the simple elegance of the Pythagorean theorem to the looking-glass world of Russell's Paradox and the summed infinities of integral calculus, experience the beauty and majesty of the mathematical universe. ![]()
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