Book
God created the integers : the mathematical breakthroughs that changed history / edited and with commentary by Stephen Hawking.
Record details
- ISBN: 0762419229 (hbk.)
- Physical Description: xiii, 1160 p. ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Running Press, c2005.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Euclid (c.325 BC-265 BC) -- Archimedes (287 BC-212 BC) -- Diophantus (third century AD) -- Rene Descartes (1596-1650) -- Isaac Newton (1642-1727) -- Pierre Simon de Laplace (1749-1827) -- Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier (1768-1830) -- Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855) -- Augustin-Louis Cauchy (1789-1857) -- George Boole (1815-1864) -- Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann (1826-1866) -- Karl Weierstrass (1815-1897) -- Richard Julius Wilhelm Dedekind (1831-1916) -- Georg Cantor (1845-1918) -- Henri Lebesgue (1875-1941) -- Kurt Godel (1906-1978) -- Alan Mathison Turing (1912-1954). |
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| Subject: | Mathematics. Mathematics > History. Mathematicians > Biography. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covington Branch | 510 G577c 2005 (Text) | 33126013390665 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Stephen Hawkingâs ability to make science understandable and compelling to a lay audience was established with the publication of his first book,A Brief History of Time, which has sold nearly 10 million copies in 40 languages. Hawking has authored or participated in the creation of numerous other popular science books, includingOn the Shoulders of Giants and The Illustrated On the Shoulders of Giants.