Bestselling popular science author Amir Aczel selects the most fascinating individuals and stories in the history of mathematics, presenting a colorful narrative that explores the quirky personalities behind some of the most profound, enduring theorems. Through such mathematical…
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Describes the discovery of the lost works of Archimedes, the great Greek mathematician, as part of a palimpsest from a medieval prayer book created during the thirteenth century, and offers a look at the full range of mathematical discoveries and theories that were found
Selvbiografisk beretning om forfatterens underbo, det engelske matematiske geni Simon P. Norton (f. 1952)
Recounts the life stories of twenty-three Americans integral to the evolution of mathematics in USA