Book:David Acheson/1089 and all that
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David Acheson: 1089 and all that
Published $\text {2002}$, Oxford
- ISBN 0-19-851623-1
Subject Matter
- A step-by-step buildup, at an elementary level, to a fully-explained demonstration of Euler's Identity $e^{i\pi} = -1$.
Contents
- 1 1089 and All That
- 2 'In Love with Geometrie'
- 3 But ... that's Absurd ...
- 4 The Trouble with Algebra
- 5 The Heavens in Motion
- 6 All Change!
- 7 On Being as Small as Possible
- 8 'Are We Nearly There?'
- 9 A Brief History of $\pi$
- 10 Good Vibrations
- 11 Great Mistakes
- 12 What is the Secret of All Life?
- 13 $e = 2.718 \ldots$
- 14 Chaos and Catastrophe
- 15 Not Quite the Indian Rope Trick
- 16 Real or Imaginary?
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- The 1089 and All That Website
- Acknowledgments
- Picture Credits
- Index
Critical View
- One of the best books ever.
Sources
- 2021: Richard Earl and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (6th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Acheson, David (1946- )