Journey through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics

Mathematics is a science of rare mystery, created by great mathematicians who can at times seem like master magicians. This book opens up the world of mathematics to a wide and diverse audience of history, science, math, and general interest readers.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: William Dunham
Format: Printed Book
Published: Penguin Books 1991
Subjects:
Mathematics > History. Mathematicians > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Hippocrates' quadrature of the Lune (ca. 440 B.C.)
  • 2. Euclid's proof of the Pythagorean Theorem (ca. 300 B.C.)
  • 3. Euclid and the infinitude of primes (ca. 300 B.C.)
  • 4. Archimedes' determination of circular area (ca. 225 B.C.)
  • 5. Heron's formula for triangular area (ca. A.D. 75)
  • 6. Cardano and the solution of the cubic (1545)
  • 7. A gem from Isaac Newton (late 1660s)
  • 8. The Bernoullis and the Harmonic series (1689)
  • 9. The extraordinary sums of Leonhard Euler (1734)
  • 10. A sampler of Euler's number theory (1736)
  • 11. The non-denumerability of the continuum (1874)
  • 12. Cantor and the transfinite realm (1891).

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