TALES OF MATHEMATICIANS AND PHYSICISTS

By OLIVIA MARTIN

CONTENTS ARS MAGNA (THE GREAT ART) TWO TALES OF GALILEO CHRISTIAAN HUYGENS AND PENDULUM CLOCKS SECRETS OF THE CYCLOID BLAISE PASCAL THE BEGINNINGS OF HIGHER GEOMETRY LEONHARD EULER JOSEPH LOUIS LAGRANGE PIERRE-SIMON LAPLACE PRINCE OF MATHEMATICIANS FELIX KLEIN THE MAGIC WORLD OF HENRI POINCARÉ THE ENIGMA OF RAMANUJAN ON THE ADVANTAGES OF COORDINATES AND THE ART OF CHAINING HYPERBOLOIDS