Publisher's Synopsis
This text profiles the achievements, importance, and impact of the world's most significant mathematicians. Narrative biographical entries reveal the person behind the mathematical discovery, as well as the discovery itself. Essays range from 450 to 1500 words, describing the biographee's accomplishment and why it was notable at the time. Each essay concludes with a list of selected writings by the profiled mathematician and a resource list for further study. The profiles include such figures as Charles Babbage, Tosio Kato, Thales of Miletus, and Shing-Tung Yau.
