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Published by Pelican. 1963, softcover, illustrated, index, condition: very good.
Men of Mathematics traces the lives and achievements of the great mathematicians from Zeno to Poincaré . Thea book ( two volumes) was first published in 1937 by Scottish-born American mathematician and science fiction writer E. T. Bell (18831960). After a brief chapter on three ancient mathematicians, it covers the lives of about forty mathematicians who flourished in the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries. The book is illustrated by mathematical discussions, with emphasis on mainstream mathematics.To keep the interest of readers, the book typically focuses on unusual or dramatic aspects of its subjects' lives. Men of Mathematics has inspired many young people, including John Forbes Nash Jr., Julia Robinson, and Freeman Dyson, to become mathematicians. It is not intended as a rigorous history, and includes many anecdotal accounts.
