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基本説明
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 1994.
Full Description
"Dunham writes for nonspecialists, and they will enjoy his piquantanecdotes and amusing asides -- Booklist
"Artfully, Dunham conducts a tour of the mathematical universe. . .he believes these ideas to be accessible to the audience he wantsto reach, and he writes so that they are." -- Nature
"If you want to encourage anyone's interest in math, get them TheMathematical Universe."
* New Scientist
Contents
Arithmetic.
Bernoulli Trials.
Circle.
Differential Calculus.
Euler.
Fermat.
Greek Geometry.
Hypotenuse.
Isoperimetric Problem.
Justification.
Knighted Newton.
Lost Leibniz.
Mathematical Personality.
Natural Logarithm.
Origins.
Prime Number Theorem.
Quotient.
Russell's Paradox.
Spherical Surface.
Trisection.
Utility.
Venn Diagram.
Where Are the Women?
X-Y Plane.
Z.
Afterword.
Notes.
Index.