Overview
- A comprehensive biography on some of the seminal figures of mathematics and theoretical computer science from early to modern history
- Implicitly addresses the nature and character of each scientist to understand their visible actions in both adverse and congenial environment
- Documents the path of mathematical scholarship throughout history, and the thought process of each individual that resulted in the mastery of their subject
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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“The book under review is a collection of biographies of hundreds of mathematicians, chronologically ordered by year of birth. … The authors are to be commended for such a great work, which is expected to be useful to a great number of readers. … Many readers will also find the book pleasant to page through while relaxing, with a cup of coffee, in an armchair.” (Mowaffaq Hajja, zbMATH, Vol. 1326.01001, 2016)
“Agarwal (Texas A&M Univ.–Kingsville) and Sen (GVP College of Engineering, India) begin their book with 36 pages of brief histories of arithmetic, astronomy, mathematical science, and computational science. Though each section is very succinct, all highlight the fundamental significance of the areas and give a sense of the development of the subject. … Summing Up: Recommended. General readers and lower-division undergraduates.”(R. L. Pour, Choice, Vol. 52 (10), June, 2015)
“This book wants to illustrate how mathematics has grown. … It contains all the information in one volume, not available elsewhere in this form. So it certainly deserves a place in a mathematics library. For those who explore the world from behind their computer, they can use the pdf version in which they can search electronically if they prefer that instead of paging through a hard copy book.” (Adhemar Bultheel, euro-math-soc.au, December, 2014)Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Creators of Mathematical and Computational Sciences
Authors: Ravi P Agarwal, Syamal K Sen
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10870-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-10869-8Published: 01 December 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36388-2Published: 10 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-10870-4Published: 11 November 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 495
Number of Illustrations: 18 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Mathematical Sciences