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Leonhard Euler and the Bernoullis : mathematicians from Basel

[NT 42944] Record Type:	[NT 8598] Electronic resources : [NT 40817] monographic
[NT 47348] Title Information:	mathematicians from Basel
[NT 47261] Author:	TentM. B. W., 1944-
[NT 47351] Place of Publication:	Natick, Mass.
[NT 47263] Published:	A K Peters;
[NT 47352] Year of Publication:	c2009
[NT 47264] Description:	1 online resource (xix, 276 p.)ill :
[NT 47266] Subject:	Mathematicians - Biography - Switzerland -
[NT 47266] Subject:	Mathematics - History - Switzerland -
[NT 47266] Subject:	Electronic books -
[NT 51399] Personal Subject:	Euler, Leonhard -
[NT 51399] Personal Subject:	Bernoulli, Jakob -
[NT 51458] Online resource:	http://www.crcnetbase.com/isbn/978-1-56881-464-3
[NT 47265] Notes:	Description based on print version record
[NT 50961] ISBN:	9781439865484electronic bk.
[NT 50961] ISBN:	1439865485electronic bk.
[NT 60779] Content Note:	1. The Bernoullis as Huguenots -- 2. The Bernoulli family in Frankfurt and then Basel -- 3. Jacob makes his first steps in the study of mathematics -- 4. His little brother Johann 'helps' Jacob with mathematics -- 5. Having completed his studies in philosophy and theology, Jacob moves on -- 6. Jacob travels to Geneva and meets Elizabeth Waldkirch and her family -- 7. Jacob teaches Elizabeth Waldkirch to read and write numbers and words -- 8. Sundials, and tutoring in France -- 9. Jacob meets with mathematicians in Paris -- 10. Jacob travels to Holland and England -- 11. Jacob settles into life in Basel to lecture and learn -- 12. Leibniz's calculus vs. Newton's fluxions -- 13. Johann Bernoulli grows up -- 14. Two curves studied by the Bernoullis : the isochrone and the catenary -- 15. More mathematical challenges from the Bernoullis -- 16. Jacob Bernoulli's mathematics -- 17. Johann Bernoulli returns to Basel with his family -- 18. Johann Bernoulli's son Daniel grows up -- 19. Daniel Bernoulli, the Paris prize, and the longitude problem -- 20. Leonhard Euler -- 21. Leonhard Euler's early education -- 22. Leonhard Euler goes to the Latin school in Basel and then on to the university -- 23. Daniel and Nicolaus Bernoulli receive a call to the academy at St. Petersburg -- 24. The Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburg -- 25. Euler begins his career and moves to St. Petersburg -- 26. Daniel Bernoulli and Leonhard Euler : an active scientific partnership -- 27. The St. Petersburg paradox -- 28. Euler's early work in St. Petersburg -- 29. Daniel returns to Basel, and Leonhard Euler becomes professor of mathematics at St. Petersburg -- 30. Daniel Bernhoulli : a famous scholar -- 31. Leonhard Euler : admired professor at St. Petersburg -- 32. Euler becomes blind in his right eye -- 33. St. Petersburg loses Euler to Frederick the Great of Prussia -- 34. The Eulers arrive at the court of Frederick the Great in Berlin -- 35. Euler's scientific work in Berlin -- 36. Euler's work in number theory -- 37. Magic squares -- 38. Catherine the Great invites Euler to return to St. Petersburg -- 39. The Basel clan

Leonhard Euler and the Bernoullis : mathematicians from Basel
Tent, M. B. W.

Leonhard Euler and the Bernoullis : mathematicians from Basel / M.B.W. Tent - Natick, Mass. : A K Peters, c2009. - 1 online resource (xix, 276 p.) ; ill.
1. The Bernoullis as Huguenots -- 2. The Bernoulli family in Frankfurt and then Basel -- 3. Jacob makes his first steps in the study of mathematics -- 4. His little brother Johann 'helps' Jacob with mathematics -- 5. Having completed his studies in philosophy and theology, Jacob moves on -- 6. Jacob travels to Geneva and meets Elizabeth Waldkirch and her family -- 7. Jacob teaches Elizabeth Waldkirch to read and write numbers and words -- 8. Sundials, and tutoring in France -- 9. Jacob meets with mathematicians in Paris -- 10. Jacob travels to Holland and England -- 11. Jacob settles into life in Basel to lecture and learn -- 12. Leibniz's calculus vs. Newton's fluxions -- 13. Johann Bernoulli grows up -- 14. Two curves studied by the Bernoullis : the isochrone and the catenary -- 15. More mathematical challenges from the Bernoullis -- 16. Jacob Bernoulli's mathematics -- 17. Johann Bernoulli returns to Basel with his family -- 18. Johann Bernoulli's son Daniel grows up -- 19. Daniel Bernoulli, the Paris prize, and the longitude problem -- 20. Leonhard Euler -- 21. Leonhard Euler's early education -- 22. Leonhard Euler goes to the Latin school in Basel and then on to the university -- 23. Daniel and Nicolaus Bernoulli receive a call to the academy at St. Petersburg -- 24. The Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburg -- 25. Euler begins his career and moves to St. Petersburg -- 26. Daniel Bernoulli and Leonhard Euler : an active scientific partnership -- 27. The St. Petersburg paradox -- 28. Euler's early work in St. Petersburg -- 29. Daniel returns to Basel, and Leonhard Euler becomes professor of mathematics at St. Petersburg -- 30. Daniel Bernhoulli : a famous scholar -- 31. Leonhard Euler : admired professor at St. Petersburg -- 32. Euler becomes blind in his right eye -- 33. St. Petersburg loses Euler to Frederick the Great of Prussia -- 34. The Eulers arrive at the court of Frederick the Great in Berlin -- 35. Euler's scientific work in Berlin -- 36. Euler's work in number theory -- 37. Magic squares -- 38. Catherine the Great invites Euler to return to St. Petersburg -- 39. The Basel clan.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 9781439865484ISBN 1439865485
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