A biography of the seventeenth-century mathematician Ren? Descartes--who created analytic geometry--that describes his life, education, his contributions to mathematics, his friends and enemies, and other related topics.
Examines the life ofseventeenth-century French mathematician Pierre de Fermat, discussing his early years, his love of numbers, his contributions to the field of math, and the controversy that nearly ruined his reputation.
Describes the life of the German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss, and focuses on his accomplishments, which include mathematical formulas to determine orbits of planets and the use of electrical current to communicate.
