Men of mathematics / by E.T. Bell.

By: Bell, Eric Temple, 1883-1960Material type: TextTextSeries: A Touchstone bookPublication details: New York : Simon & Schuster, 1986, c1937Description: xvii, 590 p. ; 22 cmISBN: 0671628186 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Mathematicians | Mathematics -- HistoryDDC classification: 510
Contents:
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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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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