Journey through genius : (Record no. 19084)
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| control field | NULRC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20250520102929.0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 471500305 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | NULRC |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | QA 21 .D85 1990 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Dunham, William |
| Relator term | author |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Journey through genius : |
| Remainder of title | the great theorems of mathematics / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | William Dunham |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | Wiley Science Editions |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | John Wiley & Son, Inc., |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | c1990 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xiii, 300 pages : |
| Other physical details | illustrations ; |
| Dimensions | 20 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc. note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Chapter1. Hippocrates' quadrature of the Lune (ca. 440 B.C.) -- Chapter2. Euclid's proof of the Pythagorean Theorem (ca. 300 B.C.) -- Chapter3. Euclid and the infinitude of primes (ca. 300 B.C.) -- Chapter4. Archimedes' determination of circular area (ca. 225 B.C.) Chapter5. Heron's formula for triangular area (ca. A.D. 75) -- Chapter6. Cardano and the solution of the cubic (1545) -- Chapter7. A gem from Isaac Newton (late 1660s) -- Chapter8. The Bernoullis and the Harmonic series (1689) -- Chapter9. The extraordinary sums of Leonhard Euler (1734) -- Chapter10. A sampler of Euler's number theory (1736) -- Chapter11. The non-denumerability of the continuum (1874) -- Chapter12. Cantor and the transfinite realm (1891) . |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | A rare combination of the historical, biographical, and mathematical, Journey through Genius is a fascinating introduction to a neglected field of human creativity. Now William Dunham gives them the attention they deserve. Dunham places each theorem within its historical context and explores the very human and often turbulent life of the creators - from Archimedes, the absent-minded theoretician whose absorption in his work often precluded eating or bathing to Gerolamo Cardano, the sixteenth-century mathematician whose accomplishments flourished despite a bizarre array of misadventures |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element | BIOGRAPHIES |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Library of Congress Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
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| Library of Congress Classification | General Education | LRC - Annex | National University - Manila | General Circulation | 09/18/2019 | Reaccessioned | GC QA 21 .D85 1990 | NULIB000016843 | 05/20/2025 | c.1 | 05/20/2025 | Books |