God Created The Integers: The Mathematical Breakthroughs that Changed History - Softcover

Hawking, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0762430044 ISBN 13: 9780762430048

Publisher: Running Press Adult, 2007

Synopsis

Bestselling author and physicist Stephen Hawking explores the "masterpieces" of mathematics, 25 landmarks spanning 2,500 years and representing the work of 15 mathematicians, including Augustin Cauchy, Bernard Riemann, and Alan Turing. This extensive anthology allows readers to peer into the mind of genius by providing them with excerpts from the original mathematical proofs and results. It also helps them understand the progression of mathematical thought, and the very foundations of our present-day technologies. Each chapter begins with a biography of the featured mathematician, clearly explaining the significance of the result, followed by the full proof of the work, reproduced from the original publication.

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"God created the integers, all the rest is the work of man."

Synopsis:

Pulled together for the first time, and paired with commentary from the worlds most respected scholars, God Created the Integers presents historys extraordinary moments in math, culled from 2,500 years of history and 21 distinguished mathematicians, four more than the hardcover edition. Each chapter begins with a profile of one of these mathematical masters, followed by original printings of their relevant works. This new paperback edition includes the work of Euler, Galois, Bolyai, and Lobachevsky. Readers get a window into the minds of these geniuses and can see the unfolding thought process as it leads, inevitably, to the high-water marks in mathematical thinking. This new edition comes with an index to make it a valuable and easy-to-use research and reference tool.

About this edition

• Publisher: Running Press Adult
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0762430044
• ISBN 13: 9780762430048
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1376