Benjamin Franklin's Numbers: An Unsung Mathematical OdysseyPrinceton University Press, 12/01/2021 - 274 páginas Few American lives have been as celebrated--or as closely scrutinized--as that of Benjamin Franklin. Yet until now Franklin's biographers have downplayed his interest in mathematics, at best portraying it as the idle musings of a brilliant and ever-restless mind. In Benjamin Franklin's Numbers, Paul Pasles reveals a side of the iconic statesman, scientist, and writer that few Americans know--his mathematical side. |
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... alter ego, urging us to save money—a sol instead of a penny saved—and tricking us into rising early, in the bargain. The essential idea here is the multiplication principle, also known. |. 11 THE BOOK FRANKLIN NEVER WROTE.
... early 1730s through the late 1770s, that is, for nearly half a century. As a pastime enjoyed for the better part of a lifetime, by one of the greatest minds of that era, it is surely worth our attention. For the uninitiated, here is a ...
... early European works. However, in a much older Chinese incarnation—and in the version most of us learned in school—it is built on an acute angle (less than ninety degrees) opening downward as we have drawn it. Indeed, Pascal's triangle ...
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Índice
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Almanacs and Assembly | 61 |
Philomath Math | 83 |
A Visit to the Country | 117 |
The Mutation Spreads Adventures Among | 141 |
Circling the Square | 158 |
Newly Unearthed Discoveries | 191 |
Legacy | 226 |
Acknowledgements | 243 |
Index | 253 |
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