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Images of Mathematicians on Postage Stamps - High-quality scans of postage stamps from around the world picturing famous mathematicians.

Mathematician Biography Index - A site giving brief biographies for virtually every important mathematician in history.

Chronological List of Mathematicians - A list of all of the important mathematicians working in a given century.

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English Mathematician - English Mathematician The Eightfold Way: The Beauty of Klein's Quartic Curve by Silvio Levy, The German mathematician Felix Klein discovered in 1879 that the surface ... for any surface of its type. Since then, mathematicians have discovered that the same object comes ...

18th Century Euler Mathematician - 18th Century Euler Mathematician Gamma: Exploring Euler's Constant by Julian Havil ... stories of some remarkable mathematics from some remarkable mathematicians. Events That Changed the World in the Eighteenth ... The Euler Medal, named after the 18th-century mathematician Leonhard Euler (pronounced "oiler"), is an honor ...

18th Century Mathematician - 18th Century Mathematician A Mathematical History of the Golden Number by ... the 18th century. Of interest not only to mathematicians but also classicists, archaeologists, historians of science, or ... parallel postulate--by the Greeks, Arabs and Renaissance mathematicians. Ranging through the 17th, 18th, and 19th ...

Euclid Greek Mathematician - Euclid Greek Mathematician A Manual of Greek Mathematics by Thomas L ... encompasses the enduring contributions of the ancient Greek mathematicians whose works form the basis of most modern mathematics. Written by a distinguished scholar and mathematician, the well-written, nontechnical text is geared ...

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Is God a Mathematician? : This fascinating exploration of the great discoveries of history's most important mathematicians seeks an answer to the eternal question: Does mathematics hold the key to understanding the mysteries of the physical world? Illustrations throughout.

Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don't Add Up : Are there any logical reasons to believe in God? Mathematician and bestselling author Paulos thinks not. In "Irreligion" he presents the case for his own worldview, organizing his book into 12 chapters that refute the 12 arguments most often put forward for believing in Gods existence.

A Christmas Visitor : Renowned mathematician Henry Rathbone investigates a shocking murder that rocks the tranquility of Christmas at an English estate.

The Numerati : Every day people produce loads of data about themselves simply by living in the modern world: they click Web pages, shop with credit cards, and make cell phone calls. Now, in one of the greatest undertakings of the 21st century, a savvy group of mathematicians and computer scientists sifts through this data to determine how to manipulate people's behavior--what they buy, how they vote--without their even realizing it.

Draw Fifty People: The Step-By-Step Way to Draw Cavemen, Queens, Aztecs, Knights, Minutemen... by Lee J. Ames, ISBN 0385411944 : "Draw 50 People" teaches aspiring artists how to draw with ease by following simple, step-by-step instructions. Acclaimed author Lee J. Ames shows you how to draw a wondrous diversity of people from around the world and throughout history. Included here are people from ancient times, like an Egyptian mathematician, a medieval troubadour, and a Roman athlete. But there are also pirates, queens, soldiers from the Civil War and World War II, and many others. Lee J. Ames's drawing method has proven successful for children and adults alike over the past thirty years. The twenty-seven books in the Draw 50 series have sold more than 3 million copies and have shown everyone from amateurs to experts how to draw everything from animals to airplanes. Even the youngest artists can make these ancient and modern men and women look great. It's easy to draw people when you do it the Draw 50 way.

Symmetry: A Journey Into the Patterns of Nature : One of the world's leading mathematicians offers an illuminating and engaging look at the newest, most cutting-edge adventure in mathematics and beyond--the search for symmetry. Illustrated.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll, ISBN 0553213458 : In 1862 Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a shy Oxford mathematician with a stammer, created a story about a little girl tumbling down a rabbit hole. Thus began the immortal adventures of Alice, perhaps the most popular heroine in English literature. Countless scholars have tried to define the charm of the "Alice books--with those wonderfully eccentric characters the Queen of Hearts, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Cheshire Cat, Mock Turtle, the Mad Hatter et al.--by proclaiming that they really comprise a satire on language, a political allegory, a parody of Victorian children's literature, even a reflection of contemporary ecclesiastical history. Perhaps, as Dodgson might have said, "Alice is no more than a dream, a fairy tale about a trials and tribulations of growing up--or down, or all tumed round--as seen through the expert eyes of a child.

A Tour of the Calculus by David Berlinski, ISBN 0679747885 : Were it not for the calculus, mathematicians would have no way to describe the acceleration of a motorcycle or the effect of gravity on thrown balls and distant planets, or to prove that a man could cross a room and eventually touch the opposite wall. Just how calculus makes these things possible and in doing so finds a correspondence between real numbers and the real world is the subject of this dazzling book by a writer of extraordinary clarity and stylistic brio. Even as he initiates us into the mysteries of real numbers, functions, and limits, Berlinski explores the furthest implications of his subject, revealing how the calculus reconciles the precision of numbers with the fluidity of the changing universe. "An odd and tantalizing book by a writer who takes immense pleasure in this great mathematical tool, and tries to create it in others.

Darren Aronofsky Collection: Pi / Requiem For A Dream, A (Widescreen) : "A Darren Aronofsky Collection" includes: "Pi" - Max is a genius mathematician who's built a supercomputer at home that provides something that can be understood as a key for understanding all existence. Representatives both from a Hasidic cabalistic sect and high-powered Wall Street firm hear of that secret and attempt to seduce him. "Requiem For A Dream" - Drugs. They consume mind, body and soul. Once you're hooked, you're hooked. Four lives. Four addicts. Four failures. Doing their best to succeed in the world, but failing miserably, four people get hooked on various drugs. Despite their aspirations of greatness, they succumb to their addictions. Watching the addicts spiral out of control, we bear witness to the dirtiest, ugliest portions of the underworld addicts reside in. It is shocking and eye-opening but demands to be seen by both addicts and non-addicts alike.

Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem by Simon Singh, ISBN 0385493622 : xn + yn = zn, where n represents 3, 4, 5, ...no solution "I have discovered a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain." With these words, the seventeenth-century French mathematician Pierre de Fermat threw down the gauntlet to future generations. What came to be known as Fermat's Last Theorem looked simple; proving it, however, became the Holy Grail of mathematics, baffling its finest minds for more than 350 years. In "Fermat's Enigma--based on the author's award-winning documentary film, which aired on PBS's "Nova"--Simon Singh tells the astonishingly entertaining story of the pursuit of that grail, and the lives that were devoted to, sacrificed for, and saved by it. Here is a mesmerizing tale of heartbreak and mastery that will forever change your feelings about mathematics.

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson, ISBN 0767908171 : The author traces the Big Bang through the rise of civilization, documenting his work with a host of the world's most advanced scientists and mathematicians to explain why things are the way they are.

Digital Fortress : When the NSA's invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls its head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher, a brilliant mathematician. What she uncovers sends shock waves throughout the corridors of power. Now reissued in a tall Premium Edition.

Pi / Requiem For A Dream : "Pi" - A brilliant mathematician teeters on the brink of insanity as he searches for an elusive numerical code in this critically acclaimed schizophrenic thriller! Maximilian Cohen (Sean Gullette) is on the verge of that most important discovery of his life. For the past ten years, he has been attempting to decode the numerical patter beneath the ultimate system of ordered chaos - the stock market. As Max verges on a solution, chaos is swallowing the world around him. Pursued by an aggressive Wall Street firm set on financial domination and a Kaballah sect intent on unlocking the secrets behind their ancient holy texts, Max races to crack the code, hoping to defy the madness that looms before him. Instead, he uncovers a secret for which everyone is willing to kill. "Requiem For A Dream" - Darren Aronofsky follows up his acclaimed debut "Pi" with this gritty, emotionally charged film set amidst the abandoned beaches and faded glory of Coney Island, Brooklyn. Based upon the novel by celebrated author Hubert Selby, Jr., the story intricately links the lives of a lonely widowed mother (Academy A...