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21 The Travelling Mathematician
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Snezana Lawrence
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- 1 Mathematical Imprints 1
- 2 Unearthing Wisdom 7
- 3 A Scribe’s Story 13
- 4 The Secrets of the Pythagoreans 19
- 5 The Greatest Mathematical Bestseller of All Time 27
- 6 Where’s the Proof? 33
- 7 The Dawn of Number Theory 40
- 8 The Origin of Nothing 46
- 9 Echoes from Baghdad 51
- 10 A Mathematical Tapestry 57
- 11 The Things in Between 64
- 12 Beauty is in the Eye of the Mathematician 71
- 13 The Cubic Affair 78
- 14 Cracking Algebra’s Codes 85
- 15 Harmony of the World 91
- 16 Mathematical Machines 99
- 17 Before the Internet, There Was Mersenne 106
- 18 The Game That Never Stopped 114
- 19 Closed Doors and Open Minds 121
- 20 The Lion and the Witch 128
- 21 The Travelling Mathematician 137
- 22 Modern Geometry and Its Traces 144
- 23 A New World Out of Nothing 151
- 24 Romantic Mathematicians 159
- 25 A Logical Wonderland 165
- 26 The Quiet Birth of Chaos 171
- 27 Sizes of Infinities 178
- 28 The Unfolding of Many Dimensions 185
- 29 Mathematicians of the World Unite 191
- 30 In Pursuit of Perfection 199
- 31 Ramsey and Friends 205
- 32 The Mother of Abstract Algebra 213
- 33 A Fellowship Called Nicolas 219
- 34 The Games People Play 226
- 35 Cauliflowers and Coastlines 234
- 36 The Unfinished Business 242
- 37 Maryam’s Magic Wand 250
- 38 Patterns of Mathematical Success 258
- 39 Packing for a Trip to New Dimensions 266
- 40 Dreams of New Mathematics 273
- Index 279
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- 1 Mathematical Imprints 1
- 2 Unearthing Wisdom 7
- 3 A Scribe’s Story 13
- 4 The Secrets of the Pythagoreans 19
- 5 The Greatest Mathematical Bestseller of All Time 27
- 6 Where’s the Proof? 33
- 7 The Dawn of Number Theory 40
- 8 The Origin of Nothing 46
- 9 Echoes from Baghdad 51
- 10 A Mathematical Tapestry 57
- 11 The Things in Between 64
- 12 Beauty is in the Eye of the Mathematician 71
- 13 The Cubic Affair 78
- 14 Cracking Algebra’s Codes 85
- 15 Harmony of the World 91
- 16 Mathematical Machines 99
- 17 Before the Internet, There Was Mersenne 106
- 18 The Game That Never Stopped 114
- 19 Closed Doors and Open Minds 121
- 20 The Lion and the Witch 128
- 21 The Travelling Mathematician 137
- 22 Modern Geometry and Its Traces 144
- 23 A New World Out of Nothing 151
- 24 Romantic Mathematicians 159
- 25 A Logical Wonderland 165
- 26 The Quiet Birth of Chaos 171
- 27 Sizes of Infinities 178
- 28 The Unfolding of Many Dimensions 185
- 29 Mathematicians of the World Unite 191
- 30 In Pursuit of Perfection 199
- 31 Ramsey and Friends 205
- 32 The Mother of Abstract Algebra 213
- 33 A Fellowship Called Nicolas 219
- 34 The Games People Play 226
- 35 Cauliflowers and Coastlines 234
- 36 The Unfinished Business 242
- 37 Maryam’s Magic Wand 250
- 38 Patterns of Mathematical Success 258
- 39 Packing for a Trip to New Dimensions 266
- 40 Dreams of New Mathematics 273
- Index 279