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A Strange Wilderness
Amir D. Aczel
其他書名
The Lives of the Great Mathematicians
出版
Union Square + ORM
, 2011-10-04
主題
Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology
Mathematics / History & Philosophy
Biography & Autobiography / Philosophers
Biography & Autobiography / Historical
ISBN
1402790856
9781402790850
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=34ieEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
EBook
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註釋
T
he international bestselling author of
Fermat’s Last Theorem
explores the eccentric lives of history’s foremost mathematicians.
From Archimedes’s eureka moment to Alexander Grothendieck’s seclusion in the Pyrenees, bestselling author Amir Aczel selects the most compelling stories in the history of mathematics, creating a colorful narrative that explores the quirky personalities behind some of the most groundbreaking, influential, and enduring theorems.
Alongside revolutionary innovations are incredible tales of duels, battlefield heroism, flamboyant arrogance, pranks, secret societies, imprisonment, feuds, and theft—as well as some costly errors of judgment that prove genius doesn’t equal street smarts. Aczel’s colorful and enlightening profiles offer readers a newfound appreciation for the tenacity, complexity, eccentricity, and brilliance of our greatest mathematicians.