Leonhard Euler’s polyhedron formula describes the structure of many objects—from soccer balls and gemstones to Buckminster Fuller’s buildings and giant all-carbon molecules. Yet Euler’s theorem is so simple it can be explained to a child. From ancient Greek geometry to today’s cutting-edge research, Euler’s Gem celebrates the discovery of Euler’s beloved polyhedron formula and ...(展开全部)

Leonhard Euler's polyhedron formula describes the structure of many objects - from soccer balls and gemstones to Buckminster Fuller's buildings and giant all-carbon molecules. Yet Euler's formula is so simple it can be explained to a child. "Euler's Gem" tells the illuminating story of this indispensable mathematical idea. From ancient Greek geometry to today's cutting-edge res...(展开全部)

An award-winning science writer introduces us to mathematics using the extraordinary equation that unites five of mathematics' most important numbers Bertrand Russell wrote that mathematics can exalt "as surely as poetry." This is especially true of one equation: ei(pi) + 1 = 0, the brainchild of Leonhard Euler, the Mozart of mathematics. More than two centuries after Euler's d...(展开全部)

Leonhard Euler (1707-1783) was a man of faith: by evening he led the family Bible study, and by day he manipulated infinite series and assigned limits also by faith, if not by sight. Lacking clear definitions and useful theorems for the concepts of function, limit, and convergence, unencumbered by logical rigor, and despite progressive blindness, Euler did not hesitate to inve...(展开全部)

Leonhard Euler (1707-1783) was a man of faith: by evening he led the family Bible study, and by day he manipulated infinite series and assigned limits also by faith, if not by sight. Lacking clear definitions and useful theorems for the concepts of function, limit, and convergence, unencumbered by logical rigor, and despite progressive blindness, Euler did not hesitate to inve...(展开全部)

约安·詹姆斯（Ioan James，1928— ），英国牛津大学原几何学萨维尔讲席教授，牛津大学圣约翰学院与新学院荣誉研究员。詹姆斯在数学研究上成就显赫，曾任伦敦数学学会主席，获该学会颁发的贝里克奖和怀特海奖。他于1968年当选为英国皇家学会会员，是世界多所大学的客座教授。他已出版5本数学专著，新近著作则偏重科学史。

Ioan James introduces and profiles sixty mathematicians from the era when mathematics was freed from its classical origins to develop into its modern form. The subjects, all born between 1700 and 1910, come from a wide range of countries, and all made important contributions to mathematics, through their ideas, their teaching, and their influence. James emphasizes their varied ...(展开全部)

约安·詹姆斯（Ioan James，1928— ），英国牛津大学原几何学萨维尔讲席教授，牛津大学圣约翰学院与新学院荣誉研究员。詹姆斯在数学研究上成就显赫，曾任伦敦数学学会主席，获该学会颁发的贝里克奖和怀特海奖。他于1968年当选为英国皇家学会会员，是世界多所大学的客座教授。他已出版5本数学专著，新近著作则偏重科学史。

Ioan James introduces and profiles sixty mathematicians from the era when mathematics was freed from its classical origins to develop into its modern form. The subjects, all born between 1700 and 1910, come from a wide range of countries, and all made important contributions to mathematics, through their ideas, their teaching, and their influence. James emphasizes their varied ...(展开全部)

Eine Besichtigung der Vatikanischen Museen ist ein absolutes Muss für jeden Kunstliebhaber. Das Museum besteht aus zwölf Komplexen und verfügt über 1300 Räume – ein Rundgang von über sieben Kilometern, den man nun blätternd zurücklegen kann. Dieser opulente Bildband führt uns in 23 Kapiteln durch die einzelnen Sammlungen, die von den römischen Päpsten durch die Jahrhunderte in ...(展开全部)