Men of mathematics / by E.T. Bell.
Material type: TextSeries: A Touchstone bookPublication details: New York : Simon & Schuster, 1986, c1937Description: xvii, 590 p. ; 22 cmISBN: 0671628186 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Mathematicians | Mathematics -- HistoryDDC classification: 510Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes index.
1. INTRODUCTION
2. MODERN MINDS IN ANCIENT BODIES
3. GENTLEMAN, SOLDIER, AND MATHEMATICIAN
4. THE PRINCE OF AMATEURS
5. GREATNESS AND MISERY OF MAN
6. ON THE SEASHORE
7. MASTER OF ALL TRADES
8. NATURE OR NURTURE?
9. ANALYSIS INCARNATE
10. A LOFTY PYRAMID
11. FROM PEASANT TO SNOB
12. FRIENDS OF AN EMPEROR
13. THE OF GLORY
14. THE PRINCE MATHEMATICIANS
15. MATHEMATICS AND WINDMILLS
16. THE COPERNICUS OF GEOMETRY
17. GENIUS AND POVERTY
18. THE GREAT ALLEGORIST
19. AN IRISH TRAGEDY
20. GENIUS AND STUPIDITY
21. INVARIANT TWINS
22. MASTER AND PUPIL
23. COMPLETE INDEPENDENCE
24. THE MAN, NOT THE METHOD
25. THE DOUBTER
26. ANIMA CANDIDA
27. ARITHMETIC THE SECOND
28. THE LAST UNIVERSALIST
29. PARADISE LOST?
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