Leonhard Euler and the Bernoullis
Subtitle: mathematicians from Basel
By: M.B.W. Tent.
Publisher: A K Peters
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Wellesley, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9781568814643
Subjects: Euler, Leonhard, -- 1707-1783; Bernoulli, Jakob, -- 1654-1705; Bernoulli family; Mathematicians -- Switzerland -- Basel -- Biography; Mathematics -- Switzerland -- History -- 17th century; Mathematics -- Switzerland -- History -- 18th century
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: label: 1.
title: The Bernoullis as Huguenots.
pagenum: 1; label: 2.
title: The Bernoulli family in Frankfurt and then Basel.
pagenum: 7; label: 3.
title: Jacob makes his first steps in the study of mathematics.
pagenum: 13; label: 4.
title: His little brother Johann “helps” Jacob with mathematics.
pagenum: 21; label: 5.
title: Having completed his studies in philosophy and theology, Jacob moves on.
pagenum: 27; label: 6.
title: Jacob travels to Geneva and meets Elizabeth Waldkirch and her family.
pagenum: 33; label: 7.
title: Jacob teaches Elizabeth Waldkirch to read and write numbers and words.
pagenum: 39; label: 8.
title: Sundials, and tutoring in France.
pagenum: 47; label: 9.
title: Jacob meets with mathematicians in Paris.
pagenum: 53; label: 10.
title: Jacob travels to Holland and England.
pagenum: 61; label: 11.
title: Jacob settles into life in Basel to lecture and learn.
pagenum: 65; label: 12.
title: Leibniz’s calculus vs. Newton’s fluxions.
pagenum: 77; label: 13.
title: Johann Bernoulli grows up.
pagenum: 87; label: 14.
title: Two curves studied by the Bernoullis: the isochrone and the catenary.
pagenum: 97; label: 15.
title: Two more mathematical challenges from the Bernoullis.
pagenum: 103; label: 16.
title: Jacob Bernoulli’s mathematics.
pagenum: 109; label: 17.
title: Johann Bernoulli returns to Basel with his family.
pagenum: 117; label: 18.
title: Johann Bernoulli’s son Daniel grows up.
pagenum: 123; label: 19.
title: Daniel Bernouli, the Paris prize, and the longitude problem.
pagenum: 129; label: 20.
title: Leonhard Euler.
pagenum: 133; label: 21.
title: Leonhard Euler’s early education.
pagenum: 139; label: 22.
title: Leonhard Euler goes to the Latin School in Basel and then on to the University.
pagenum: 143; label: 23.
title: Daniel and Nicolaus Bernoulli receive a call to the Academy at St. Petersburg.
pagenum: 149; label: 24.
title: The Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburg.
pagenum: 157; label: 25.
title: Euler begins his career and moves to St. Petersburg.
pagenum: 161; label: 26.
title: Daniel Bernoulli and Leonhard Euler: an active scientific partnership.
pagenum: 169; label: 27.
title: The St. Petersburg paradox.
pagenum: 177; label: 28.
title: Euler’s early work in St. Petersburg.
pagenum: 181; label: 29.
title: Daniel returns to Basel, and Leonhard Euler becomes professor of mathematics at St. Petersburg.
pagenum: 191; label: 30.
title: Daniel Bernoulli: a famous scholar.
pagenum: 201; label: 31.
title: Leonhard Euler: admired professor at St. Petersburg.
pagenum: 207; label: 32.
title: Euler becomes blind in his right eye.
pagenum: 215; label: 33.
title: St. Petersburg loses Euler to Frederick the Great of Prussia.
pagenum: 219; label: 34.
title: The Eulers arrive at the Court of Frederick the Great in Berlin.
pagenum: 225; label: 35.
title: Euler’s scientific work in Berlin.
pagenum: 237; label: 36.
title: Euler’s work in number theory.
pagenum: 245; label: 37.
title: Magic squares.
pagenum: 251; label: 38.
title: Catherine the Great invites Euler to return to St. Petersburg.
pagenum: 255; label: 39.
title: The Basel clan.
pagenum: 263; title: Index.
pagenum: 269