Benjamin Franklin's Numbers: An Unsung Mathematical OdysseyPrinceton University Press, 2021 M01 12 - 274 páginas Few American lives have been as celebrated--or as closely scrutinized--as that of Benjamin Franklin. Yet until now Franklin's biographers have downplayed his interest in mathematics, at best portraying it as the idle musings of a brilliant and ever-restless mind. In Benjamin Franklin's Numbers, Paul Pasles reveals a side of the iconic statesman, scientist, and writer that few Americans know--his mathematical side. |
Contenido
A Brief History of Magic | 20 |
Almanacs and Assembly | 61 |
Philomath Math | 83 |
A Visit to the Country | 117 |
The Mutation Spreads Adventures Among | 141 |
Circling the Square | 158 |
Newly Unearthed Discoveries | 191 |
Legacy | 226 |
Acknowledgements | 243 |
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Benjamin Franklin's Numbers: An Unsung Mathematical Odyssey Paul C. Pasles Vista previa limitada - 2008 |
Benjamin Franklin's Numbers: An Unsung Mathematical Odyssey Paul C. Pasles Vista previa limitada - 2008 |