Eric Temple Bell was born in 1883 in Aberdeen, Scotland. His early education was obtained in England. Coming to the United States in 1902, he entered Stanford University and took his A.B. degree in 1904. In 1908 he was teaching fellow at the University of Washington, where he took his A.M. degree in 1909. In 1911 he entered Columbia University, where he took his Ph.D. degree in 1912. He returned to the University of Washington as instructor in mathematics and became full professor in 1921. During the summers of 1924-28 he taught at the University of Chicago, and in 1926 (first half) at Harvard University, when he was appointed Professor of Mathematics at the California Institute of Technology.
Dr. Bell was a former President of the Mathematical Association of America, a former Vice President of the American Mathematical Society and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was on the editorial staffs of the Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, the American Journal of Mathematics, and the Journal of the Philosophy of Science. He belonged to The American Mathematical Society, the Mathematical Association of America, the Circolo Matematico di Palermo, the Calcutta Mathematical Society, Sigma Xi, and Phi Beta Kappa, and was a member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States. He won the Bôcher Prize of the American Mathematical Society for his research work. His twelve published books include The Purple Sapphire (1924), Algebraic Arithmetic (1927), Debunking Science, and Queen of the Sciences (1931), Numerology (1933), and The Search for Truth (1934).
Dr. Bell died in December 1960, just before the publication of his latest book, The Last Problem.
Here is the classic, much-read introduction to the craft and history of mathematics by E.T. Bell, a leading figure in mathematics in America for half a century. Men of Mathematics accessibly explains the major mathematics, from the geometry of the Greeks through Newton's calculus and on to the laws of probability, symbolic logic, and the fourth dimension. In addition, the book goes beyond pure mathematics to present a series of engrossing biographies of the great mathematicians -- an extraordinary number of whom lived bizarre or unusual lives. Finally, Men of Mathematics is also a history of ideas, tracing the majestic development of mathematical thought from ancient times to the twentieth century. This enduring work's clear, often humorous way of dealing with complex ideas makes it an ideal book for the non-mathematician.
书怎么样就不说了,我在图书馆借到一本。91年的,当时用的名字是《数学精英》商务印书馆出版,售价八块二,现在的这个版本同样的译者,网上打完折也要三十多块,实在是贵。
评分书怎么样就不说了,我在图书馆借到一本。91年的,当时用的名字是《数学精英》商务印书馆出版,售价八块二,现在的这个版本同样的译者,网上打完折也要三十多块,实在是贵。
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评分所有通向人类伟大的创造力的因素中最强大的是什么,是人的思维。 E·T·贝尔所著《数学精英》向我们展示了人类中最伟大的数学家的思维历程。 数学,自然科学的的无冕之王。那些伟大的哲学家们把他当成自然界的最奇妙的语言。的确,自然界的规律如此美妙,人类发明了现在的数学...
评分说实话,对这本众口称赞的书有点失望,不对我的胃口。主要不喜欢Bell略显夸夸其谈自以为是的叙述语气(比如他认为学语言比研究数学低等),仿佛他的评述就是对数学家的盖棺定论一样。本想给3星,考虑翻译水平的低劣,只给2星。
故事化,强调数学大厦是由天才构建的,传奇色彩。译者太多了,数学所的几位老师译的章节还算好,其他部分很不专业
评分故事化,强调数学大厦是由天才构建的,传奇色彩。译者太多了,数学所的几位老师译的章节还算好,其他部分很不专业
评分故事化,强调数学大厦是由天才构建的,传奇色彩。译者太多了,数学所的几位老师译的章节还算好,其他部分很不专业
评分故事化,强调数学大厦是由天才构建的,传奇色彩。译者太多了,数学所的几位老师译的章节还算好,其他部分很不专业
评分故事化,强调数学大厦是由天才构建的,传奇色彩。译者太多了,数学所的几位老师译的章节还算好,其他部分很不专业
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