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These topics, together with a succinct analysis of some of the great mathematical personalities of the past three centuries, combine to form an eclectic and fascinating blend of story and scientific inquiry.

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The authors' careful treatments are an especially welcome addition to a genre riddled with apocryphal anecdotes and shoddy scholarship. -- Donald O'Shea Nature 2007 A fine book, providing for agreeable and easy reading. -- Michael Otte Mathematical Reviews 2008

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction

Part I: Tour of the Literature

1. Mathematicians and Their World
2. Mathematical Ability
3. The Dynamics of Mathematical Creation

Part II: Twenty Mathematical Personalities

4. Lagrange, Gauss, Cauchy, and Dirichlet
5. Hamilton, Galois, Byron, and Riemann
6. Cantor, Kovalevskaya, Poincaré, and Hilbert
7. Hadamard, Hardy, Noether, and Ramanujan
8. Fisher, Wiener, Dirac, and Gödel
References
Index

The Mind of the Mathematician

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      Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 10/09/2007
      ISBN13: 9780801885877, 978-0801885877
      ISBN10: 0801885876

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      These topics, together with a succinct analysis of some of the great mathematical personalities of the past three centuries, combine to form an eclectic and fascinating blend of story and scientific inquiry.

      Trade Review
      The authors' careful treatments are an especially welcome addition to a genre riddled with apocryphal anecdotes and shoddy scholarship. -- Donald O'Shea Nature 2007 A fine book, providing for agreeable and easy reading. -- Michael Otte Mathematical Reviews 2008

      Table of Contents

      Preface
      Introduction

      Part I: Tour of the Literature

      1. Mathematicians and Their World
      2. Mathematical Ability
      3. The Dynamics of Mathematical Creation

      Part II: Twenty Mathematical Personalities

      4. Lagrange, Gauss, Cauchy, and Dirichlet
      5. Hamilton, Galois, Byron, and Riemann
      6. Cantor, Kovalevskaya, Poincaré, and Hilbert
      7. Hadamard, Hardy, Noether, and Ramanujan
      8. Fisher, Wiener, Dirac, and Gödel
      References
      Index

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