Tales of Mathematicians and Physicists

Simon Gindikin

408 pages, parution le 15/12/2006 (2^eme édition)

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This revised and greatly expanded second edition of the Russian text contains a wealth of new information about the lives and accomplishments of more than a dozen scientists throughout five centuries of history: from the first steps in algebra up to new achievements in geometry in connection with physics. The heroes of the book are renowned figures from early eras, as well some scientists of last century.

A unique mixture of mathematics, physics, and history, this volume provides biographical glimpses of scientists and their contributions in the context of the social and political background of their times.

Written for: Undergraduates, high school students and teachers, general audience

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Preface to the English Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
From the Preface to the First Russian Edition
Translators Notes
Ars Magna (The Great Art)
Two Tales of Galileo
Christiaan Huygens & Pendulum Clocks
Secrets of the Cycloid
Blaise Pascal
The Beginnings of Higher Geometry
Leonhard Euler
Joseph Louis Lagrange
Pierre-Simon Laplace
Prince of Mathematicians
Felix Klein
The Magic World of Henri Poincaré
The Enigma of Ramanujan
On the Advantages of Coordinates and the Art of Chaining Hyperboloids
The Complex World of Roger Penrose

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Éditeur(s)	Springer
Auteur(s)	Simon Gindikin
Parution	15/12/2006
Édition	2^eme édition
Nb. de pages	408
Format	15,5 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	570g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780387360263
ISBN13	978-0-387-36026-3