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008			110922s2011 nyua b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2011035105
020			_a9781402785849 (hbk.)
020			_a1402785844 (hbk.)
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050	0	0	_aQA21 _b.A29 2011
082	0	0	_a510.92/2 _223
100	1		_aAczel, Amir D.
245	1	2	_aA strange wilderness : _bthe lives of the great mathematicians / _cAmir D. Aczel.
260			_aNew York : _bSterling, _cc2011.
300			_axix, 284 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
520			_a"Bestselling popular science author Amir Aczel selects the most fascinating individuals and stories in the history of mathematics, presenting a colorful narrative that explores the quirky personalities behind some of the most profound, enduring theorems. Through such mathematical geniuses as Archimedes, Leonardo of Pisa (a.k.a. Fibonacci), Tartaglia ("the stutterer"), Descartes, Gottfried Liebniz, Carl Gauss, Joseph Fourier (Napoleon's mathematician), Evariste Galois, Georg Cantor, Ramanujan, and "Nicholas Bourbaki," we gather little known details about the alliances and rivalries that profoundly impacted the development of what the scheming doctor-turned-mathematician Geronimo Cardano called "The Great Art." This story of mathematics is not your dry "college textbook" account; tales of duels, battlefield heroism, flamboyant arrogance, pranks, secret societies, imprisonment, feuds, theft, and even some fatal errors of judgment fill these pages (clearly, genius doesn't guarantee street smarts). Ultimately, readers will come away from this book entertained, with a newfound appreciation of the tenacity, complexity, eccentricity, and brilliance of the mathematical genius"-- _cProvided by publisher.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [265]-271) and index.
650		7	_aMathematics _xHistory. _2Sears
650		7	_aMathematicians. _2Sears
999			_c1574 _d1574