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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... invention, so it appears that Franklin had no difficulty thinking in abstract, symbolic terms. For what it's worth, his linguistic talents were considerable; he learned languages easily—German, Latin, French, Spanish, and Italian—though ...
... invention; while anyone who consults an almanac can verify that the sun rises “still earlier every day till towards the end of June,” they seem unaware “that he gives light as soon as he rises.” Though his suggestion was made in a less ...
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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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