Book:Eric Temple Bell/Men of Mathematics

Subject Matter

 * History of Mathematics

Contents

 * I. Introduction
 * II. Modern Minds in Ancient Bodies: ; ;
 * III. Gentleman, Soldier and Mathematician:
 * IV. The Prince of Amateurs:
 * V. "Greatness and Misery of Man":
 * VI. On the Seashore:
 * VII. Master of All Trades:
 * VIII. Nature or Nurture?: The Bernoullis
 * IX. Analysis Incarnate:
 * X. A Lofty Pyramid:
 * XI. From Peasant to Snob:
 * XII. Friends of an Emperor: ;
 * XIII. The Day of Glory:
 * XIV. The Prince of Mathematicians:
 * XV. Mathematics and Windmills:
 * XVI. The Copernicus of Geometry:
 * XVII. Genius and Poverty:
 * XVIII. The Great Algorist:
 * XIX. An Irish Tragedy:
 * XX. Genius and Stupidity:
 * XXI. Invariant Twins: ;
 * XXII. Master and Pupil: ;
 * XXIII. Complete Independence:
 * XXIV. The Man, Not The Method:
 * XXV. The Doubter:
 * XXVI. Anima Candida:
 * XXVII. Arithmetic the Second: ;
 * XXVIII. The Last Universalist:
 * XXIX. Paradise Lost?:

Critical Appraisal
Although inspiring many young people to take up the study of mathematics, including famously, its content is in many places fanciful to the point of fictional.