The Great Mathematicians

Written by Raymond Flood and Robin Wilson

Discover the quirks and mysteries of famous and forgotten mathematicians.

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208 pages· 1260L

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Bookroo's summary

Uncover the fascinating stories behind math's greatest minds. From Florence Nightingale's pie charts to Lewis Carroll's take on Pythagoras, explore the lives of mathematicians who defied norms. Meet a linguist prodigy, a gambler jailed, and a traveler who never settled. Delve into the enigma of a prolific author who never existed. What secrets do these mathematical legends hold?

From the publisher

In this book, you’ll learn why Florence Nightingale introduced pie charts, how Lewis Carroll regarded Pythagoras’s theorem, and why some infinities are larger than others. In addition to such well-known figures as Archimedes and Isaac Newton, you’ll also meet the mathematician who knew eight languages by the time he was 11, the one who was sent to jail for gambling, the ones who wrote a book on why 1 + 1 = 2, the one who spent his entire life traveling the world, and the one who published a lot but never existed.

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