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"Ioan James introduces and profiles sixty mathematicians from an era which saw mathematics freed from its classical origins to develop into its modern form. The characters, all born between 1700 and 1910, come from a wide range of countries, and all made an important contributio…
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Pólya was a professor of mathematics from 1914 to 1940 at ETH Zürich and from 1940 to 1953 at Stanford University. He made fundamental contributions to combinatorics, number theory, numerical analysis and probability theory. He is also noted for his work in heuristics and mathem…
Internationally famous mathematician Ioan James and accomplished psychiatrist Michael Fitzgerald look at the complex world of mathematics and the mind. They discuss mathematics and the arts, savants, gender and mathematical ability, and the impact of autism, personality disorder…
Bestselling author and physicist 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
Bestselling author and physicist 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.
Christian Kiesow zeigt auf, wie körperliche Performanz, situative Interaktion und Visualität wesentlich zur Konstitution mathematischen Wissens - einem Bereich, der gemeinhin als Domäne rein abstrakten Denkens gilt - beitragen. Die Verwendung von Zeichen, Gesten, Metaphern und B…
Christian Kiesow zeigt auf, wie körperliche Performanz, situative Interaktion und Visualität wesentlich zur Konstitution mathematischen Wissens - einem Bereich, der gemeinhin als Domäne rein abstrakten Denkens gilt - beitragen. Die Verwendung von Zeichen, Gesten, Metaphern und B…
