Math Makers: The Lives and Works of 50 Famous Mathematicians

by Alfred S. Posamentier

Book Overview

An entertaining history of mathematics as chronicled through fifty short biographies. Mathematics today is the fruit of centuries of brilliant insights by men and women whose personalities and life experiences were often as extraordinary as their mathematical achievements. This entertaining history of mathematics chronicles those achievements through fifty short biographies that bring these great thinkers to life while making their contributions understandable...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1633885208
• ISBN13: 9781633885202
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.1"