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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... present book, Benjamin Franklin's Numbers. Scattered throughout this historical account are various mathematical questions. You may decide to attempt some, all, or none of these exercises, depending on your personal preferences (and ...
... present account of Franklin's mathematical experiences and his miraculous numerical creations. There is a danger here that we might simply be indulging an artist who is working outside his usual field of true expertise and talent, as ...
... present book will prove for the first time. Those magic squares indicate a skill in solving basic algebraic equations, as well as a general comfort with abstract symbols. The latter trait is apparent in other ways, too, such as his use ...
... present treaty for settling the bounds between her colonies and the French, and how careful should she be to secure room enough, since on the room depends so much the increase of her people. These clashes would soon erupt into the ...
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Índice
20 | |
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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