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Journey through genius: the great theorems of mathematics
In Journey through Genius, author William Dunham strikes an extraordinary balance between the historical and technical. He devotes each chapter to a principal result of mathematics, such as the solution of the cubic series and the divergence of the harmonic series. Not only does this book tell the s...
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Wiley
1990
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| Acceso en línea: | http://cds.cern.ch/record/1551546 |
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| author | Dunham, William |
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| description | In Journey through Genius, author William Dunham strikes an extraordinary balance between the historical and technical. He devotes each chapter to a principal result of mathematics, such as the solution of the cubic series and the divergence of the harmonic series. Not only does this book tell the stories of the people behind the math, but it also includes discussions and rigorous proofs of the relevant mathematical results. |
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| institution | Organización Europea para la Investigación Nuclear |
| language | eng |
| publishDate | 1990 |
| publisher | Wiley |
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| spelling | cern-15515462021-04-21T22:40:32Zhttp://cds.cern.ch/record/1551546engDunham, WilliamJourney through genius: the great theorems of mathematicsBiography, Geography, HistoryIn Journey through Genius, author William Dunham strikes an extraordinary balance between the historical and technical. He devotes each chapter to a principal result of mathematics, such as the solution of the cubic series and the divergence of the harmonic series. Not only does this book tell the stories of the people behind the math, but it also includes discussions and rigorous proofs of the relevant mathematical results.Wileyoai:cds.cern.ch:15515461990 |
| spellingShingle | Biography, Geography, History Dunham, William Journey through genius: the great theorems of mathematics |
| title | Journey through genius: the great theorems of mathematics |
| title_full | Journey through genius: the great theorems of mathematics |
| title_fullStr | Journey through genius: the great theorems of mathematics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Journey through genius: the great theorems of mathematics |
| title_short | Journey through genius: the great theorems of mathematics |
| title_sort | journey through genius: the great theorems of mathematics |
| topic | Biography, Geography, History |
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