The Resource Significant figures : the lives and work of great mathematicians, Ian Stewart
Significant figures : the lives and work of great mathematicians, Ian Stewart
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The item Significant figures : the lives and work of great mathematicians, Ian Stewart represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evanston Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- vi, 303 pages
- Contents
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- Do not disturb my circles: Archimedes
- Master of the Way: Liu Hui
- Dixit algorismi: Muhammad al-Khwarizmi
- Innovator of the infinite: Madhava of Sangamagrama
- The gambling astrologer: Girolamo Cardano
- The last theorem: Pierre de Fermat
- System of the world: Isaac Newton
- Master of us all: Leonhard Euler
- The heat operator: Joseph Fourier
- Invisible scaffolding: Carl Friedrich Gauss
- Bending the rules: Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky
- Radicals and revolutionaries: ?variste Galois
- Enchantress of a number: Augusta Ada King
- The laws of thought: George Boole
- Musician of the primes: Bernhard Riemann
- Cardinal of the continuum: Georg Cantor
- The first great lady: Sofia Kovalevskaia
- Ideas rose in crowds: Henri Poincar?
- We must know, we shall know: David Hilbert
- Overthrowing academic order: Emmy Noether
- The formula man: Srinivasa Ramanujan
- Incomplete and undecidable: Kurt G?del
- The machine stops: Alan Turing
- Father of fractals: Benoit Mandelbrot
- Outside in: William Thurston
- Mathematical people
- Isbn
- 9780465096121
- Label
- Significant figures : the lives and work of great mathematicians
- Title
- Significant figures
- Title remainder
- the lives and work of great mathematicians
- Statement of responsibility
- Ian Stewart
- Language
- eng
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- JAI
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1945-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Stewart, Ian
- Dewey number
- 510.92/2
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- portraits
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- Mathematicians
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Significant figures : the lives and work of great mathematicians, Ian Stewart
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-290) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Do not disturb my circles: Archimedes -- Master of the Way: Liu Hui -- Dixit algorismi: Muhammad al-Khwarizmi -- Innovator of the infinite: Madhava of Sangamagrama -- The gambling astrologer: Girolamo Cardano -- The last theorem: Pierre de Fermat -- System of the world: Isaac Newton -- Master of us all: Leonhard Euler -- The heat operator: Joseph Fourier -- Invisible scaffolding: Carl Friedrich Gauss -- Bending the rules: Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky -- Radicals and revolutionaries: ?variste Galois -- Enchantress of a number: Augusta Ada King -- The laws of thought: George Boole -- Musician of the primes: Bernhard Riemann -- Cardinal of the continuum: Georg Cantor -- The first great lady: Sofia Kovalevskaia -- Ideas rose in crowds: Henri Poincar? -- We must know, we shall know: David Hilbert -- Overthrowing academic order: Emmy Noether -- The formula man: Srinivasa Ramanujan -- Incomplete and undecidable: Kurt G?del -- The machine stops: Alan Turing -- Father of fractals: Benoit Mandelbrot -- Outside in: William Thurston -- Mathematical people
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- vi, 303 pages
- Isbn
- 9780465096121
- Lccn
- 2017947338
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)on1002854696
- (OCoLC)1002854696
- Label
- Significant figures : the lives and work of great mathematicians, Ian Stewart
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-290) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Do not disturb my circles: Archimedes -- Master of the Way: Liu Hui -- Dixit algorismi: Muhammad al-Khwarizmi -- Innovator of the infinite: Madhava of Sangamagrama -- The gambling astrologer: Girolamo Cardano -- The last theorem: Pierre de Fermat -- System of the world: Isaac Newton -- Master of us all: Leonhard Euler -- The heat operator: Joseph Fourier -- Invisible scaffolding: Carl Friedrich Gauss -- Bending the rules: Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky -- Radicals and revolutionaries: ?variste Galois -- Enchantress of a number: Augusta Ada King -- The laws of thought: George Boole -- Musician of the primes: Bernhard Riemann -- Cardinal of the continuum: Georg Cantor -- The first great lady: Sofia Kovalevskaia -- Ideas rose in crowds: Henri Poincar? -- We must know, we shall know: David Hilbert -- Overthrowing academic order: Emmy Noether -- The formula man: Srinivasa Ramanujan -- Incomplete and undecidable: Kurt G?del -- The machine stops: Alan Turing -- Father of fractals: Benoit Mandelbrot -- Outside in: William Thurston -- Mathematical people
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- vi, 303 pages
- Isbn
- 9780465096121
- Lccn
- 2017947338
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)on1002854696
- (OCoLC)1002854696
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