false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1159814396m/2096.jpg 2096 5 "God created the integers," wrote mathematician Leopold Kronecker, "All the rest is the work of Man." In this collection of landmark mathematical works, editor Stephen Hawking has assembled the greatest feats humans have ever accomplished using just numbers and their brains. Each of the 17 sections opens with a historical introduction of the featured author, and proceeds to a faithful translation of their most famous work. While most mathematicians will already have complete editions of Isaac Newton's <i>Principia</i> or Georg Cantor's <i>Contributions to the Founding of the Theory of Transfinite Numbers</i>, this book is unique in presenting just the best bits of these and other theoretical works. The collection spans 2,500 years and covers a vast range of theories: the parallel postulate, Boolean logic, differential calculus, and the philosophy of the unknowable among them. Dense with numbers, formulae, and ideas, <i>God Created the Integers</i> is quite challenging, but Hawking rewards curious readers with a look at how mathematics has been built. In contrast to the towering physical edifices of great civilizations of the past, Hawking writes, "The greatest wonder of the modern world is our understanding." <i>--Therese Littleton</i> 173037 3 10 2005 God Created the Integers: The Mathematical Breakthroughs That Changed History total:90|5:32|4:28|3:22|2:8|1:1| 90 350 274 9 5 2 false false Mon Apr 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 23 17:21:21 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 23 17:23:28 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon Apr 20 12:45:22 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 12:45:22 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue May 13 09:11:05 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 26 19:47:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Sep 01 14:18:11 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 01 14:23:33 -0700 2007
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