William Dunham,俄亥俄州立大学硕士和博士毕业,现为美国穆伦堡学院教授,世界知名的数学史专家。他分别于1992年、1997年、2006年获得美国数学协会颁发的George Polya奖、Trevor Evans 奖和Lester R. Ford奖。Dunham教授著述颇丰,除本书外,还著有《The Mathematical Universe: An Alphabetical Journey Through the Great Proofs, Problems, and Personalities》(数学那些事儿:思想、发现、人物和历史)等广受好评的科普著作。
Praise for William Dunham s Journey Through Genius The Great Theorems of Mathematics "Dunham deftly guides the reader through the verbal and logical intricacies of major mathematical questions and proofs, conveying a splendid sense of how the greatest mathematicians from ancient to modern times presented their arguments." Ivars Peterson Author, The Mathematical Tourist Mathematics and Physics Editor, Science News "It is mathematics presented as a series of works of art; a fascinating lingering over individual examples of ingenuity and insight. It is mathematics by lightning flash." Isaac Asimov "It is a captivating collection of essays of major mathematical achievements brought to life by the personal and historical anecdotes which the author has skillfully woven into the text. This is a book which should find its place on the bookshelf of anyone interested in science and the scientists who create it." R. L. Graham, AT&T Bell Laboratories "Come on a time-machine tour through 2,300 years in which Dunham drops in on some of the greatest mathematicians in history. Almost as if we chat over tea and crumpets, we get to know them and their ideas ideas that ring with eternity and that offer glimpses into the often veiled beauty of mathematics and logic. And all the while we marvel, hoping that the tour will not stop." Jearl Walker, Physics Department, Cleveland State University Author of The Flying Circus of Physics
《天才引导的历程》豆瓣9.1。这本书是我努力说服自己去读的,因为……它是一本……数学书!不过说是数学书,并不是复杂难懂的数学公式啊,我觉得这种数学书,是目前九年义务教育不敢尝试的数学教学方法。我们现在是把数学当做工具来教孩子的,从来没把数学当做一门学问来教孩子...
评分2015年夏(26岁),第一次读,四星半。科普类,适合浏览,高中数学水平即可阅读。主要介绍历史上划时代的伟大定理的证明以及相关故事,涉及从公元前的欧几里得到19世纪的康托尔的历代数学大神。一本数学科普书写得像小说一样高潮迭起、荡气回肠,好几次都被精妙证明中的缜密逻...
评分我认为,要学好数学首先要有兴趣,而有兴趣的前提是要学数学史。我们的同学之所以对数学普遍畏惧,是因为我们的数学教科书往往直勾勾、楞柯柯、冷冰冰地盯着你,把你盯到无地自容。而且只要翻开数学教材,里面全是“奉天承运,皇帝诏曰”一样的定义、定理加证明,仿佛这些东西...
评分自认为是个对于数学史的基本脉络算是有大体了解的人,但是这本《天才引导的历程》还是让我感觉耳目一新。并非是此前对于数学家的个人小传或是他们各自做出的数学成就不了解,而是本书对于“数学的”部分和“关于数学的”部分之间的比例,拿捏得比较到位。G. H. Hardy在他著名的...
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