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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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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covington Branch | 510 G577c 2005 (Text) | 33126013390665 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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