Modern Mathematicians
- List Price: $25.00
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Facts on File
- Publish date: 12/01/1995
Description:
Global Profiles provides current, thorough coverage of some of the most significant figures in history. Each volume offers eight to thirteen essays on individuals who are associated with a particular movement, event, or vocation.
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Each volume begins with a thematic introduction. The profile of each individual includes essential biographical information, a description of the subject's critical achievements and contributions, and an assessment of the individual's significance in the broad context of world history.
Here are thirteen mathematicians who have revolutionized modern thought and technology.
Profiles:
-- Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace
-- Georg Cantor
-- Srinivasa Ramanujan
-- Emmy Noether
-- Shiing-Shen Chern
-- Stanislaw Ulam
-- George Boole
-- Alan Turing
-- John H. Conway
-- Julia Bowman Robinson
-- Sofia Kovalevskaia
-- Benoit Mandelbrot.
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