Masters of mathematics : the problems they solved, why these are important, and what you should know about them /
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Rotterdam :
Sense Publishers,
[2017]
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Table of Contents:
- LIST OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1: MATHEMATICS AS A LABOR-SAVING DEVICE; THE PROBLEM; AN ASIDE: WHO ARE MASTERS OF MATHEMATICS?; BCE; First Thirteen Centuries CE; Fourteenth through the Sixteen Century; Seventeen and Eighteen Century; Nineteen Century; Twentieth Century On; NOTES; REFERENCES; Articles; Books; CHAPTER 2: ALL ABOUT 'e' (WELL, ALMOST ALL); AN ASIDE: HANGING; NOTES; REFERENCES; Articles; Books; CHAPTER 3: WHAT ELSE DID EULER DO?: Bridges; THE PROBLEM; Here Is the Problem Solver; THE SOLUTION; Further Investigations
- AN ASIDE: THE IMPORTANCE OF CURIOSITY TO MATHEMATICAL LITERACYNOTES; REFERENCES; Articles & Videos; Books; CHAPTER 4: NO MATHEMATICAL WORK IS EVER WASTED: Knots; THE PROBLEM; AN EXPERIMENT; PARTIAL SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM; BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION; APPLICATIONS OF KNOT THEORY; The Mathematical Literacy Lesson of Knot Theory; AN ASIDE: MATHEMATICS OF GOLF; NOTES; REFERENCES; Recommendations for Learning More about the History of Knot Theory:; Articles and Videos; Books; CHAPTER 5: I HAVE NEVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE OTHERS: Roughness; THE PROBLEM; BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION; THE PROBLEM
- BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATIONAN ASIDE: MATHEMATICS AT THE MOVIES & ON TV; NOTES; REFERENCES; Articles and Videos; Books; CHAPTER 6: DOING THE IMPOSSIBLE; THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT; GOAL OF CHAOS THEORY; Deterministic Systems; Dynamic Systems; Non-Linear Systems; AN ASIDE: WRITING MATHEMATICS AND PROBLEM SOLVING; NOTES; REFERENCES; Articles and Videos; Books; CHAPTER 7: "MATHEMATICS IS A GENDERLESS WORLD"
- KAREN UHLENBECK; THE PROBLEM; PAGAN; BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION; AN ASIDE: ANCIENT GREEK WOMEN MATHEMATICIANS; NOTES; REFERENCES; Articles & Videos; Books; CHAPTER 8: THE RELUCTANT MATHEMATICIAN
- BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATIONAN ASIDE: THE NEWTON
- LEIBNIZ CONTROVERSY; 6ACCDAE13EFF7I3L9N4O4QRR4S8T12UX; NOTES; REFERENCES; Articles; Books; CHAPTER 9: PROGRAMMER; THE PROBLEM; MEET THE PROBLEM SOLVER; BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION; THE BINARY SYSTEM; OTHER COMPUTER PIONEERS; The Women of ENIAC; AN ASIDE: ENIGMA & TURING MACHINES; NOTES; REFERENCES; Articles; Binary Number System References for further study; Books; CHAPTER 10: RABBITS & PATTERNS; The Problem: What Do Rabbits Have to Do with Mathematics?; BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION; BACK TO THE PROBLEM; PASCAL'S TRIANGLE; BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION