Great Mathematicians: Unravelling the Mysteries of the Universe

Wilson, Robin, Flood, Raymond

ISBN 10: 1848379021 / ISBN 13: 9781848379022

Published by Arcturus Publishing Limited, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Great Mathematicians: Unravelling the Mysteries of the Universe
• Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Limited
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1848379021
• ISBN 13: 9781848379022
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

In this book, you'll learn why Florence Nightingale introduced pie charts, how Lewis Carroll regarded Pythagoras's theorem, and why some infinities are larger than others. In addition to such well-known figures as Archimedes and Isaac Newton, you'll also meet the mathematician who knew eight languages by the time he was 11, the one who was sent to jail for gambling, the ones who wrote a book on why 1 + 1 = 2, the one who spent his entire life traveling the world, and the one who published a lot but never existed.

About the Author

Robin Wilson is emeritus professor of pure mathematics at the Open University, and emeritus professor of geometry at Gresham College, London (the oldest mathematical chair in England). He has written and edited about forty books on topics ranging from graph theory and the history of mathematics to Sudoku, music, and philately. Raymond Flood is vice principal of Kellogg College, Oxford, and former president of the British Society for the History of Mathematics.