Author: Waldo Dunnington
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 1470457423
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Gauss: Titan of Science
Author: Waldo Dunnington
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 1470457423
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 1470457423
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Author: G. Waldo Dunnington
Publisher: MAA
ISBN: 9780883855478
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Classic biography of Gauss, updated with new introduction, bibliography and new material.
Publisher: MAA
ISBN: 9780883855478
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Classic biography of Gauss, updated with new introduction, bibliography and new material.
Gauss
Author: Guy Waldo Dunnington
Publisher: Mathematical Assn of Amer
ISBN: 9780883855386
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Classic biography of Gauss, updated with new introduction, bibliography and new material.
Publisher: Mathematical Assn of Amer
ISBN: 9780883855386
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Classic biography of Gauss, updated with new introduction, bibliography and new material.
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Author: Tord Hall
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
The Fifth Postulate
Author: Jason Socrates Bardi
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 0470467363
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
The great discovery that no one wanted to make It's the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, and Euclidean geometry has been profoundly influential for centuries. One mystery remains, however: Euclid's fifth postulate has eluded for two thousand years all attempts to prove it. What happens when three nineteenth-century mathematicians realize that there is no way to prove the fifth postulate and that it ought to be discarded—along with everything they'd come to know about geometry? Jason Socrates Bardi shares the dramatic story of the moment when the tangible and easily understood world we live in gave way to the strange, mind-blowing world of relativity, curved space-time, and more. "Jason Socrates Bardi tells the story of the discovery of non-Euclidian geometry—one of the greatest intellectual advances of all time—with tremendous clarity and verve. I loved this book." —John Horgan, author, The End of Science and Rational Mysticism "An accessible and engrossing blend of micro-biography, history and mathematics, woven together to reveal a blockbuster discovery." —David Wolman, author of Righting the Mother Tongue and A Left-Hand Turn around the World
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 0470467363
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
The great discovery that no one wanted to make It's the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, and Euclidean geometry has been profoundly influential for centuries. One mystery remains, however: Euclid's fifth postulate has eluded for two thousand years all attempts to prove it. What happens when three nineteenth-century mathematicians realize that there is no way to prove the fifth postulate and that it ought to be discarded—along with everything they'd come to know about geometry? Jason Socrates Bardi shares the dramatic story of the moment when the tangible and easily understood world we live in gave way to the strange, mind-blowing world of relativity, curved space-time, and more. "Jason Socrates Bardi tells the story of the discovery of non-Euclidian geometry—one of the greatest intellectual advances of all time—with tremendous clarity and verve. I loved this book." —John Horgan, author, The End of Science and Rational Mysticism "An accessible and engrossing blend of micro-biography, history and mathematics, woven together to reveal a blockbuster discovery." —David Wolman, author of Righting the Mother Tongue and A Left-Hand Turn around the World
Gauss
Author: W. K. Bühler
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 364249207X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Procreare iucundum, sed parturire molestum. (Gauss, sec. Eisenstein) The plan of this book was first conceived eight years ago. The manuscript developed slowly through several versions until it attained its present form in 1979. It would be inappropriate to list the names of all the friends and advisors with whom I discussed my various drafts but I should like to mention the name of Mr. Gary Cornell who, besides discussing with me numerous details of the manuscript, revised it stylistically. There is much interest among mathematicians to know more about Gauss's life, and the generous help I received has certainly more to do with this than with any individual, positive or negative, aspect of my manuscript. Any mistakes, errors of judgement, or other inadequacies are, of course, the author's responsi bility. The most incisive and, in a way, easiest decisions I had to make were those of personal taste in the choice and treatment of topics. Much had to be omitted or could only be discussed in a cursory way.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 364249207X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Procreare iucundum, sed parturire molestum. (Gauss, sec. Eisenstein) The plan of this book was first conceived eight years ago. The manuscript developed slowly through several versions until it attained its present form in 1979. It would be inappropriate to list the names of all the friends and advisors with whom I discussed my various drafts but I should like to mention the name of Mr. Gary Cornell who, besides discussing with me numerous details of the manuscript, revised it stylistically. There is much interest among mathematicians to know more about Gauss's life, and the generous help I received has certainly more to do with this than with any individual, positive or negative, aspect of my manuscript. Any mistakes, errors of judgement, or other inadequacies are, of course, the author's responsi bility. The most incisive and, in a way, easiest decisions I had to make were those of personal taste in the choice and treatment of topics. Much had to be omitted or could only be discussed in a cursory way.
Disquisitiones Arithmeticae
Author: Carl Friedrich Gauss
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1493975609
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 491
Book Description
Carl Friedrich Gauss’s textbook, Disquisitiones arithmeticae, published in 1801 (Latin), remains to this day a true masterpiece of mathematical examination. .
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1493975609
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 491
Book Description
Carl Friedrich Gauss’s textbook, Disquisitiones arithmeticae, published in 1801 (Latin), remains to this day a true masterpiece of mathematical examination. .
Inverse Methods for Atmospheric Sounding
Author: Clive D. Rodgers
Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 981022740X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Annotation Rodgers (U. of Oxford) provides graduate students and other researchers a background to the inverse problem and its solution, with applications relating to atmospheric measurements. He introduces the stages in the reverse order than the usual approach in order to develop the learner's intuition about the nature of the inverse problem. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 981022740X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Annotation Rodgers (U. of Oxford) provides graduate students and other researchers a background to the inverse problem and its solution, with applications relating to atmospheric measurements. He introduces the stages in the reverse order than the usual approach in order to develop the learner's intuition about the nature of the inverse problem. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Physics of Light and Optics (Black & White)
Author: Michael Ware
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1312929278
Category : Electromagnetic waves
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1312929278
Category : Electromagnetic waves
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
The Prince of Mathematics
Author: M. B. W. Tent
Publisher: A K Peters/CRC Press
ISBN: 9781568814551
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Learn about the boy who - could read and add numbers when he was three years old, - thwarted his teacher by finding a quick and easy way to sum the numbers 1-100, - attracted the attention of a Duke with his genius, and became the man who... - predicted the reappearance of a lost planet, - discovered basic properties of magnetic forces, - invented a surveying tool used by professionals until the invention of lasers. Based on extensive research of original and secondary sources, this historical narrative will inspire young readers and even curious adults with its touching story of personal achievement.
Publisher: A K Peters/CRC Press
ISBN: 9781568814551
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Learn about the boy who - could read and add numbers when he was three years old, - thwarted his teacher by finding a quick and easy way to sum the numbers 1-100, - attracted the attention of a Duke with his genius, and became the man who... - predicted the reappearance of a lost planet, - discovered basic properties of magnetic forces, - invented a surveying tool used by professionals until the invention of lasers. Based on extensive research of original and secondary sources, this historical narrative will inspire young readers and even curious adults with its touching story of personal achievement.