Ebook: Tales of Mathematicians and Physicists
Author: Simon Gindikin (auth.)
- Tags: History of Mathematics, History of Physics, Popular Science general
- Year: 2007
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
- Edition: 2
- Language: English
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This revised and greatly expanded second edition of the Russian text Tales of Physicists and Mathematicians contains a wealth of new information about the lives and accomplishments of more than a dozen scientists throughout five centuries of history: from the first steps in algebra up to new achievements in geometry in connection with physics. The heroes of the book are renowned figures from early eras, such as Cardano, Galileo, Huygens, Leibniz, Pascal, Euler, Lagrange, and Laplace, as well some scientists of the last century: Klein, Poincaré, and Ramanujan.
A unique mixture of mathematics, physics, and history, this volume provides biographical glimpses of scientists and their contributions in the context of the social and political background of their times. The author examines many original sources, from the scientists’ research papers to their personal documents and letters to friends and family; furthermore, detailed mathematical arguments and diagrams are supplied to help explain some of the most significant discoveries in calculus, celestial mechanics, number theory, and mathematical physics. What emerges are intriguing, multifaceted studies of a number of remarkable intellectuals and their scientific legacy.
Written by a distinguished mathematician and accessible to readers at all levels, this book is a wonderful resource for both students and teachers and a welcome introduction to the history of science.
This revised and greatly expanded second edition of the Russian text Tales of Physicists and Mathematicians contains a wealth of new information about the lives and accomplishments of more than a dozen scientists throughout five centuries of history: from the first steps in algebra up to new achievements in geometry in connection with physics. The heroes of the book are renowned figures from early eras, such as Cardano, Galileo, Huygens, Leibniz, Pascal, Euler, Lagrange, and Laplace, as well some scientists of the last century: Klein, Poincar?, and Ramanujan.
A unique mixture of mathematics, physics, and history, this volume provides biographical glimpses of scientists and their contributions in the context of the social and political background of their times. The author examines many original sources, from the scientists’ research papers to their personal documents and letters to friends and family; furthermore, detailed mathematical arguments and diagrams are supplied to help explain some of the most significant discoveries in calculus, celestial mechanics, number theory, and mathematical physics. What emerges are intriguing, multifaceted studies of a number of remarkable intellectuals and their scientific legacy.
Written by a distinguished mathematician and accessible to readers at all levels, this book is a wonderful resource for both students and teachers and a welcome introduction to the history of science.
This revised and greatly expanded second edition of the Russian text Tales of Physicists and Mathematicians contains a wealth of new information about the lives and accomplishments of more than a dozen scientists throughout five centuries of history: from the first steps in algebra up to new achievements in geometry in connection with physics. The heroes of the book are renowned figures from early eras, such as Cardano, Galileo, Huygens, Leibniz, Pascal, Euler, Lagrange, and Laplace, as well some scientists of the last century: Klein, Poincar?, and Ramanujan.
A unique mixture of mathematics, physics, and history, this volume provides biographical glimpses of scientists and their contributions in the context of the social and political background of their times. The author examines many original sources, from the scientists’ research papers to their personal documents and letters to friends and family; furthermore, detailed mathematical arguments and diagrams are supplied to help explain some of the most significant discoveries in calculus, celestial mechanics, number theory, and mathematical physics. What emerges are intriguing, multifaceted studies of a number of remarkable intellectuals and their scientific legacy.
Written by a distinguished mathematician and accessible to readers at all levels, this book is a wonderful resource for both students and teachers and a welcome introduction to the history of science.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Ars Magna (The Great Art)....Pages 1-26
Two Tales of Galileo....Pages 27-78
Christiaan Huygens and Pendulum Clocks....Pages 79-91
Secrets of the Cycloid....Pages 93-127
Blaise Pascal....Pages 129-150
The Beginnings of Higher Geometry....Pages 151-170
Leonhard Euler....Pages 171-212
Joseph Louis Lagrange....Pages 213-245
Pierre-Simon Laplace....Pages 247-262
Prince of Mathematicians....Pages 263-309
Felix Klein....Pages 311-322
The Magic World of Henri Poincar?....Pages 323-335
The Enigma of Ramanujan....Pages 337-347
On the Advantages of Coordinates and the Art of Chaining Hyperboloids....Pages 349-367
The Complex World of Roger Penrose....Pages 369-382
This revised and greatly expanded second edition of the Russian text Tales of Physicists and Mathematicians contains a wealth of new information about the lives and accomplishments of more than a dozen scientists throughout five centuries of history: from the first steps in algebra up to new achievements in geometry in connection with physics. The heroes of the book are renowned figures from early eras, such as Cardano, Galileo, Huygens, Leibniz, Pascal, Euler, Lagrange, and Laplace, as well some scientists of the last century: Klein, Poincar?, and Ramanujan.
A unique mixture of mathematics, physics, and history, this volume provides biographical glimpses of scientists and their contributions in the context of the social and political background of their times. The author examines many original sources, from the scientists’ research papers to their personal documents and letters to friends and family; furthermore, detailed mathematical arguments and diagrams are supplied to help explain some of the most significant discoveries in calculus, celestial mechanics, number theory, and mathematical physics. What emerges are intriguing, multifaceted studies of a number of remarkable intellectuals and their scientific legacy.
Written by a distinguished mathematician and accessible to readers at all levels, this book is a wonderful resource for both students and teachers and a welcome introduction to the history of science.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Ars Magna (The Great Art)....Pages 1-26
Two Tales of Galileo....Pages 27-78
Christiaan Huygens and Pendulum Clocks....Pages 79-91
Secrets of the Cycloid....Pages 93-127
Blaise Pascal....Pages 129-150
The Beginnings of Higher Geometry....Pages 151-170
Leonhard Euler....Pages 171-212
Joseph Louis Lagrange....Pages 213-245
Pierre-Simon Laplace....Pages 247-262
Prince of Mathematicians....Pages 263-309
Felix Klein....Pages 311-322
The Magic World of Henri Poincar?....Pages 323-335
The Enigma of Ramanujan....Pages 337-347
On the Advantages of Coordinates and the Art of Chaining Hyperboloids....Pages 349-367
The Complex World of Roger Penrose....Pages 369-382
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