Makers of Mathematics - Softcover

Hollingdale, Stuart

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140149228 ISBN 13: 9780140149227

Publisher: Penguin Books, 1991

Synopsis

This is an account of the history of mathematics as it is revealed in the lives and writings of the most distinguished practitioners of the art, such as Archimedes, Descartes, Fermat, Pascal, Newton, Leibniz, Euler, Gauss, Hamilton and Einstein. In his account of their lives, the author introduces and explains the part these figures have played in the development of mathematics and how their work relates to the discipline. While the emphasis in his survey is primarily biographical, the author also discusses major historical themes and explains new ideas and techniques. Stuart Hollingdale assumes on the part of the reader no mathematical knowledge beyond GCSE level.

About this title

About the Author:

The late Stuart Hollingdale was a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Birmingham and Director of the institution's computer lab. After his 1974 retirement, he was active in the United Kingdom's innovative Open University program.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0140149228
• ISBN 13: 9780140149227
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464