1st Edition

Mathematics People, Problems, Results

By Douglas M. Campbell Copyright 1984
320 Pages
by Chapman & Hall

320 Pages
by Chapman & Hall

To understand why mathematics exists and why it is perpetuated one must know something of its history and of the lives and results of famous mathematicians. This three-volume collection of entertaining articles will captivate those with a special interest in mathematics as well as arouse those with even the slightest curiosity about the most sophisticated sciences.

Preface, part one Historical Sketches, part two Some Mathematical Lives, part three The Development of Mathematics

Biography

Douglas M. Campbell