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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... original text has been left unmolested, the better to convey some sense of authenticity. I make no claim of consistency on this score. I have not written anything resembling a complete biography. As with all great lives, Franklin's life ...
... used for that purpose today. Some say that even the Declaration of Independence bears the mark of Franklin's mathematical side. Thomas Jefferson's original draft asserts, “We hold these. |. 5 THE BOOK FRANKLIN NEVER WROTE.
An Unsung Mathematical Odyssey Paul C. Pasles. mathematical side. Thomas Jefferson's original draft asserts, “We hold these truths to be sacred & undeniable, that all men are created equal,” and so on. But after incorporating changes ...
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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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