M. B. W. Tent

Leonhard Euler and the Bernoullis (eBook, ePUB)

Mathematicians from Basel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"Leonhard Euler and the Bernoullis is a fascinating tale of the Bernoulli family and Euler's association with them. Successful merchants in the 16th and 17th centuries, the Bernoullis were driven out of Antwerp during the persecution of the Huguenots and settled first in Frankfurt, and then in Basel, where one of the most remarkable mathematical dy

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. September 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040187074
• Artikelnr.: 72524624

Rezensionen

...the story told is interesting, and the author is to be complimented for her efforts to make it as historically accurate as possible.
-J. Johnson, CHOICE, June 2010

Tent's attention to detail, both mathematically and historically, is excellent.
-Rob Bradley, London Mathematical Society, April 2010

...an interesting and entertaining biography of Leonhard Euler (1707-1783) and of some of the Bernoullis, aimed at middle and high school students ... the book emphasizes day-to-day life and the relations between the mathematicians, especially the forever-squabbling Bernoullis.
-MAA Reviews, November 2009