Leonhard Euler : life, work and legacy /
"The year 2007 marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of one of the Enlightenments most important mathematicians and scientists, Leonhard Euler. This volume is a collection of 24 essays by some of the worlds best Eulerian scholars from seven different countries about Euler, his life and his w...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Elsevier,
2007.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Studies in the history and philosophy of mathematics ;
v. 5. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "The year 2007 marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of one of the Enlightenments most important mathematicians and scientists, Leonhard Euler. This volume is a collection of 24 essays by some of the worlds best Eulerian scholars from seven different countries about Euler, his life and his work. Some of the essays are historical, including much previously unknown information about Eulers life, his activities in the St. Petersburg Academy, the influence of the Russian Princess Dashkova, and Eulers philosophy. Others describe his influence on the subsequent growth of European mathematics and physics in the 19th century. Still others give technical details of Eulers innovations in probability, number theory, geometry, analysis, astronomy, mechanics and other fields of mathematics and science"--Provided by publisher |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 534 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780080471297 0080471293 |