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Bestselling author and physicist Stephen Hawking explores the masterpieces of mathematics, 25 landmarks spanning 2,500 years and representing the work of 15 mathematicians, including Augustin Cauchy, Bernard Riemann, and Alan Turing. This extensive anthology allows readers to peer into the mind of genius by providing them with excerpts from the original mathematical proofs and results. It also helps them understand the progression of mathematical thought, and the very foundations of our present-day technologies. Each chapter begins with a biography of the featured mathematician, clearly explaining the significance of the result, followed by the full proof of the work, reproduced from the original publication.Product Identifiers
PublisherIngram Publisher Services US
ISBN-139780762419227
eBay Product ID (ePID)87846589
Product Key Features
Number of Pages1176 Pages
Publication NameGod Created the Integers: the Mathematical Breakthroughs That Changed History
LanguageEnglish
SubjectScience, Mathematics
Publication Year2005
TypeTextbook
AuthorStephen Hawking
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height229 mm
Item Width153 mm
Additional Product Features
EditorStephen Hawking
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States