B. L. van der Waerden (1903–1996)
Autor de Sources of Quantum Mechanics
Sobre El Autor
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Series
Obras de B. L. van der Waerden
Group Theory and Quantum Mechanics (Die Grundlehren Der Mathematischen Wissenschaften in Einzeldarstellungen Mit… (1974) 9 copias
Modern Algebra 2 copias
Mathematische Statistik 1 copia
Algebra 1 copia
Sources of quantum mechanics; edited with a historical introduction by B. L. van der Waerden (1968) 1 copia
Moderne Algebra 1 copia
Modern Algebra, Volume II 1 copia
Modern Algebra, Volume I 1 copia
Modern algebra. Vol.1 1 copia
The birth of astronomy 1 copia
Modern algebra 2 [...] 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Waerden, Bartel Leendert van der
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1903-02-02
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1996-01-12
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- Netherlands
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Zürich, Switzerland
- Lugares de residencia
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
Zurich, Switzerland - Educación
- Amsterdam University
Göttingen University - Ocupaciones
- mathematician
- Organizaciones
- University of Groningen
University of Leipzig
University of Zurich - Premios y honores
- Carl B. Allendoerfer Award (1977)
Miembros
Reseñas
Listas
Shared Library (1)
También Puede Gustarte
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 32
- Miembros
- 349
- Popularidad
- #68,500
- Valoración
- 3.6
- Reseñas
- 2
- ISBNs
- 50
- Idiomas
- 3
The ancient Egyptian command of the mathematics of fractions, using their inverse-heavy symbology, is amazingly impressive. And it turns out the Pythagorean theorem is fundamentally not Pythagorean, but Babylonian, as is evidenced by the lists of 'Pythagorean triples' the Babylonians calculated and kept.
(Also, there is a wonderful picture of a 15th century BC Egyptian sculpture of a humorously happy 15th century BC scribe, the mathematician of the day.)
Great, great book, stuck in the basement of my local library. I'm so glad the librarian said "Here. You might like this."… (más)