Great Feuds in Mathematics

Great Feuds in Mathematics
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Publisher : Trade Paper Press
Total Pages : 264
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Download or read book Great Feuds in Mathematics written by Hal Hellman and published by Trade Paper Press. This book was released on 2006-09-11 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Descartes battling Fermat for the honour of inventing analytic geometry, to Poincaré wrangling with Russell over the logical foundations of mathematics, this text provides a fascinating look behind the numbers game.


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