Dunham and Euler together again!

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	• The Genius of Euler: Reflections on his Life and Work (Spectrum) (Spectrum) The Mathematical Association of America, 2007 - 309 pages average customer review:based on 1 review view larger image
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Dunham and Euler together again!

Dunham's 1999 book _Euler: The Master of Us All_ is probably the best general introduction to the mathematical work of Euler available. Therefore, it's no surprise that he has edited such a great collection of articles, put together to celebrate Euler's 300th birthday in 2007.

The chapters are collected from various journals and feature the work of more than thirty authors. They were originally published as long ago as 1872 and as recently as 2006. They were written for a general mathematical audience and are accessible to faculty and students alike. They don't assume any particular background in the history of mathematics. Among the authors are many well-known mathematicians and historians of mathematics, including Boyer, Cajori, Erdös, Morris Kline, Pólya, W. W. Rouse Ball and André Weil.

Read this book for the sheer fun of it! It's very entertaining and well-written.

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This book celebrates the 300th birthday of Leonhard Euler (1707 1783), one of the brightest stars in the mathematical firmament. The book stands as a testimonial to a mathematician of unsurpassed insight, industry, and ingenuity one who has been rightly called the master of us all. The collected articles, aimed at a mathematically literate audience, address aspects of Euler s life and work, from the biographical to the historical to the mathematical. The oldest of these was written in 1872, and the most recent dates to 2006. Some of the papers focus on Euler and his world, others describe a specific Eulerian achievement, and still others survey a branch of mathematics to which Euler contributed significantly. Along the way, the reader will encounter the KÃ¶nigsberg bridges, the 36-officers, Euler s constant, and the zeta function. There are papers on Euler s number theory, his calculus of variations, and his polyhedral formula. Of special note are the number and quality of authors represented here. Among the 34 contributors are some of the most illustrious mathematicians and mathematics historians of the past century e.g., Florian Cajori, Carl Boyer, George PÃ³lya, Andre Weil, and Paul ErdÃ¶s. And there are a few poems and a mnemonic just for fun.

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