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by Stephen Hawking (Author) "With the possible exception of Isaac Newton, Euclid is the best known mathematician of all time ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 1376 pages
  • Publisher: Perseus Books,U.S.; New Ed edition (18 Sep 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0762430044
  • ISBN-13: 978-0762430048
  • Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 14.7 x 5.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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"God created the integers, all the rest is the work of man."

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Pulled together for the first time, and paired with commentary from the worlds most respected scholars, God Created the Integers presents historys extraordinary moments in math, culled from 2,500 years of history and 21 distinguished mathematicians, four more than the hardcover edition. Each chapter begins with a profile of one of these mathematical masters, followed by original printings of their relevant works. This new paperback edition includes the work of Euler, Galois, Bolyai, and Lobachevsky. Readers get a window into the minds of these geniuses and can see the unfolding thought process as it leads, inevitably, to the high-water marks in mathematical thinking. This new edition comes with an index to make it a valuable and easy-to-use research and reference tool.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful book, excellent value, 30 Nov 2005
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This review is from: God Created the Integers: The Mathematical Breakthroughs That Changed History (Hardcover)
The vast majority of this book is a collection of fascinating historically important mathematical papers, arranged in chronological order from Euclid to Turing. Each of the 17 mathematicians covered is given half-a-dozen pages of background, which is well written and informative, but it is the papers and essays themselves - which include commentary in the form of footnotes in very small print - that is the best part. These are generally in the public domain anyway, but the printing and layout is top-quality. Obviously much of the contents will only be understandable with some previous maths experience, and the papers don't necessarily build on each other, but if maths is at all interesting to you...

This book could have been even better with the addition of an index and cross-references, but it is outstanding value and has such depth I have to give it five stars.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Just a Collection of Papers, 3 Dec 2005
This review is from: God Created the Integers: The Mathematical Breakthroughs That Changed History (Hardcover)
A few days after buying this book I think I might have been suckered into it with the metallic cover and Stephen Hawkings name. Well now I realise that its really just a collection of papers (by some of the famous mathematicians) and not even a commentary. Sure there is a nice little introduction to each sections author.

But perhaps part of what we are paying for is the fact someone has selected what they considered to be the important works.

I was hoping for a bit more in the way of commentary/explanation. Saying that the sections I was interested in where Cauchy/Fourier/Riemann

Maybe its too early to tell I may need to spend more time reading it.

A book I did like was called "A History of Mathematics" by Boyers et al. A book that is available very cheaply now on Amazon (check out the review) and less formidable.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Useful but big omissions, 4 Jan 2007
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This book has a useful collection of important papers. A discussion about whether this or that paper should have been excluded/included would go on for ever. Even so it is really rather startling that the collection does not include a single paper by a non-European mathematician. Surely this cannot be justified.
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