Examines the lives and scholarly endeavors of women who have profoundly affected mathematical thought since antiquity.
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This is a collection of 180 famous mathematical puzzles and intriguing elementary problems that great mathematicians have posed, discussed , and/or solved. these problems do not require advanced mathematics.
The Polish-born mathematician recalls his formative and early professional years in his pre-war homeland and his work and colleagues at Princeton, Harvard, Wisconsin, and Los Alamos.
"Based on dozens of interviews and extensive historical research, this book relates stories about mathematicians who have defied stereotypes. It is spiced with interesting photographs. The five chapters about women provide insight into the nineteenth century, the mid-twentieth c…
Vorbemerkung Der Einfachheit halber werden im folgenden die Werke, auf die Bezug genom men wird, mit der Nummer des Literaturverzeichnisses genannt. Die Zahl hinter dem Querstrich bedeutet die jeweilige Seitenzahl. Beispiel: 158 Band 2/65 meint die Seite 65 des zweiten Bandes de…