A to Z of Mathematicians

Tucker McElroy, Ph. D. - Collection Notable Scientists

306 pages, parution le 06/04/2005

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Who has contributed significantly to the field of mathematics? What have been their most important achievements? Which areas in mathematics have benefited from these contributors and their work? Facts On File's new Notable Scientists series meets the need for an authoritative source of information to answer these and other questions concerning developments in science and mathematics.

Featuring an international selection of practitioners whose work has contributed to mathematics and impacted society in lasting ways, A to Z of Mathematicians is a comprehensive biographical collection of 150 male and female specialists, from antiquity to the present. Designed for high school students, researchers, teachers, and general readers, this is an ideal reference to well-known mathematicians and their contemporary counterparts. Each entry provides the subject's full name, birth and death dates, nationality, and field(s) of specialization. The essays focus on the mathematician's work, achievements, struggles within the milieu, and contributions to the field, supplemented with information on family and educational background and specific sources for further investigation. Among the mathematicians included are the following:

Rene Descartes (1596-1650) French Geometry, Algebra
Leonardo Fibonacci (ca. 1170-ca. 1240) Italian, Arithmetic
Kurt Friedrich Godel (1906-1978) Austrian, Logic
Sofya Kovalevskaya (1850-1891) Russian Differential Equations, Analysis
Emily Noether (1882-1935) German, Algebra
Charles Peirce (1839-1914) American Logic, Topology
Srinivasa Aiyangar Ramanujan (1887-1920) Indian, Number Theory
Bernhard Riemann (1826-1866) German, Complex Analysis

In addition to nearly 50 black-and-white photographs, the collection features four indexes- arranged by field, country of birth, country of scientific activity, and chronologically-as well as a bibliography of print and Internet sources and an extensive index.

L'auteur - Tucker McElroy, Ph. D.

Tucker S. McElroy has a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of California in San Diego. He served as Mathematical Statistician at the Statistical Research Division of the U.S. Census Bureau, is a member of the American Statistical Association, and has published research papers in probability and statistics.

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List of Entries
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Entries A to Z
Entries by Field
Entries by Country of Birth
Entries by Country of Major Scientific Activity
Entries by Year of Birth
Chronology
Bibliography
Index

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Facts on File
Auteur(s)	Tucker McElroy, Ph. D.
Collection	Notable Scientists
Parution	06/04/2005
Nb. de pages	306
Format	19 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	847g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780816053384
ISBN13	978-0-8160-5338-4