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Mathematical legends = from Thales to Erdős /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Mathematical legends/ by Tianxin Cai.
Reminder of title:	from Thales to Erdős /
Author:	Cai, Tianxin.
Published:	Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore : : 2025.,
Description:	vii, 221 p. :ill., digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Mathematicians - History. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-2403-4
ISBN:	9789819624034

Mathematical legends = from Thales to Erdős /
Cai, Tianxin.

Mathematical legendsfrom Thales to Erdős /[electronic resource] :by Tianxin Cai. - Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :2025. - vii, 221 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - Springer biographies,2365-0621. - Springer biographies..

Chapter 1. Thales of Miletus, First of The Seven Sages -- Chapter 2. Archimedes: The God of Mathematics -- Chapter 3. The World of Omar Khayyam -- Chapter 4. Qin Jiushao, Daogu Bridge, and the Mathematical Treatise in Nine Sections -- Chapter 5. The Reclusive Frenchmen：Descartes and Pascal -- Chapter 6. Leibniz: Unattainable Heights -- Chapter 7. John von Neumann, Who Made the World a Better Place -- Chapter 8. Paul Erdős: A Narrowly Missed Opportunity -- Chapter 9. Mathematicians and Poets -- Chapter 10. Mathematicians and Political Leaders -- Chapter 11. Hua Luogeng and Shiing-Shen Chern Two Contemporary Chinese Masters. Chapter 12. "My life can be said to form a circle." - An interview with Nobel laureate Professor Chen-Ning Yang.

This book is not only about the history of mathematics, but also by telling the story of some of the most distinctive personalities in the history of mathematics, it goes on to reveal the various strange treasures, bright flowers and hidden passions of the mathematical kingdom. Some of these mathematicians were thinkers, writers, poets, musicians, painters, politicians, judges, soldiers, clerks, young men of society or even prisoners. The mathematical world constructed by these geniuses is exquisite, and a walk in such a world not only expands our mathematical horizons and imagination, but also raises our humanistic cultivation to a higher level. Written for general audience, this book will be of interest to anyone who's studied mathematics in university or even high school, while also benefiting researchers in mathematics and the humanities. The readers will also enjoy reading the beautiful and simple language of all the articles and interviews. The author is a poet, essaist as well as a professor of mathematics.

ISBN: 9789819624034

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-981-96-2403-4doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

1495323
Mathematicians
--History.

LC Class. No.: QA93

Dewey Class. No.: 510.9

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