8. The Apogee Years, I: 1746 to 1748

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Author’s Notes xvii
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. The Swiss Years: 1707 to April 1727 4
8. 2. “Into the Paradise of Scholars”: April 1727 to 1730 38
9. 3. Departures, and Euler in Love: 1730 to 1734 82
10. 4. Reaching the “Inmost Heart of Mathematics”: 1734 to 1740 113
11. 5. Life Becomes Rather Dangerous: 1740 to August 1741 165
12. 6. A Call to Berlin: August 1741 to 1744 176
13. 7. “The Happiest Man in the World”: 1744 to 1746 215
14. 8. The Apogee Years, I: 1746 to 1748 239
15. 9. The Apogee Years, II: 1748 to 1750 285
16. 10. The Apogee Years, III: 1750 to 1753 318
17. 11. Increasing Precision and Generalization in the Mathematical Sciences: 1753 to 1756 368
18. 12. War and Estrangement, 1756 to July 1766 404
19. 13. Return to Saint Petersburg: Academy Reform and Great Productivity, July 1766 to 1773 451
20. 14. Vigorous Autumnal Years: 1773 to 1782 495
21. 15. Toward “a More Perfect State of Dreaming”: 1782 to October 1783 526
22. Notes 537
23. General Bibliography of Works Consulted 571
24. Register of Principal Names 625
25. General Index 657