The Prince of Mathematics
The Prince of Mathematics

Author: M. B. W. Tent

Publisher: A K Peters, Ltd.

Published: 2006-01-16

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9781568812618

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" ... Following the life of Carl Friedrich Gauss, the 18th century mathematician, from his prodigious childhood to his extraordinary achievements that earned him the title Prince of Mathematics . Along the way, the author introduces her young readers to a different culture, the era of small states in Germany where advancement on merits, such as Gauss, was supported by enlightened rulers, competing for intellectual excellence and economic advantage through scientific progress in their small states. Based on extensive research of original and secondary sources, the author has created a historical narrative that will inspire young readers and even curious adults with a story full of human touch and personal achievement."--Publisher description.

Disquisitiones Arithmeticae
Disquisitiones Arithmeticae

Author: Carl Friedrich Gauss

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-02-07

Total Pages: 491

ISBN-13: 1493975609

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Carl Friedrich Gauss’s textbook, Disquisitiones arithmeticae, published in 1801 (Latin), remains to this day a true masterpiece of mathematical examination. .

Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich Gauss

Author: G. Waldo Dunnington

Publisher: MAA

Published: 2004-10-14

Total Pages: 608

ISBN-13: 9780883855478

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Classic biography of Gauss, updated with new introduction, bibliography and new material.

Measuring the World
Measuring the World

Author: Daniel Kehlmann

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2009-03-12

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 0307496759

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Measuring the World marks the debut of a glorious new talent on the international scene. Young Austrian writer Daniel Kehlmann’s brilliant comic novel revolves around the meeting of two colossal geniuses of the Enlightenment. Late in the eighteenth century, two young Germans set out to measure the world. One of them, the aristocratic naturalist Alexander von Humboldt, negotiates jungles, voyages down the Orinoco River, tastes poisons, climbs the highest mountain known to man, counts head lice, and explores and measures every cave and hill he comes across. The other, the reclusive and barely socialized mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss, can prove that space is curved without leaving his home. Terrifyingly famous and wildly eccentric, these two polar opposites finally meet in Berlin in 1828, and are immediately embroiled in the turmoil of the post-Napolean world.

Makers of Mathematics
Makers of Mathematics

Author: Stuart Hollingdale

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2006-01-01

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 0486450074

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Each chapter of this portrait of the evolution of mathematics examines the work of an individual — Archimedes, Descartes, Fermat, Pascal, Newton, Einstein, and others — to explore the mathematics of his era. Rather than a series of biographical profiles, readers encounter an accessible chronology of pioneering developments in mathematics. 1989 edition.

100 Great Problems of Elementary Mathematics
100 Great Problems of Elementary Mathematics

Author: Heinrich Dörrie

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2013-04-09

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 0486318478

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Problems that beset Archimedes, Newton, Euler, Cauchy, Gauss, Monge, Steiner, and other great mathematical minds. Features squaring the circle, pi, and similar problems. No advanced math is required. Includes 100 problems with proofs.

Thinking Better
Thinking Better

Author: Marcus Du Sautoy

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2021-10-19

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 1541600371

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One of the world's great mathematicians shows why math is the ultimate timesaver—and how everyone can make their lives easier with a few simple shortcuts. We are often told that hard work is the key to success. But success isn’t about hard work – it’s about shortcuts. Shortcuts allow us to solve one problem quickly so that we can tackle an even bigger one. They make us capable of doing great things. And according to Marcus du Sautoy, math is the very art of the shortcut. Thinking Better is a celebration of how math lets us do more with less. Du Sautoy explores how diagramming revolutionized therapy, why calculus is the greatest shortcut ever invented, whether you must really practice for ten thousand hours to become a concert violinist, and why shortcuts give us an advantage over even the most powerful AI. Throughout, we meet artists, scientists, and entrepreneurs who use mathematical shortcuts to change the world. Delightful, illuminating, and above all practical, Thinking Better is for anyone who has wondered why you should waste time climbing the mountain when you could go around it much faster.

Encyclopedia of Continuum Mechanics
Encyclopedia of Continuum Mechanics

Author: Holm Altenbach

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2020-01-04

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783662557709

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This Encyclopedia covers the entire science of continuum mechanics including the mechanics of materials and fluids. The encyclopedia comprises mathematical definitions for continuum mechanical modeling, fundamental physical concepts, mechanical modeling methodology, numerical approaches and many fundamental applications. The modelling and analytical techniques are powerful tools in mechanical civil and areospsace engineering, plus in related fields of plasticity, viscoelasticity and rheology. Tensor-based and reference-frame-independent, continuum mechanics has recently found applications in geophysics and materials.