The World of Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Mathematician of God /
"She is best known for her curve, the witch of Agnesi, which appears in almost all high school and undergraduate math books. She was a child prodigy who frequented the salon circuit, discussing mathematics, philosophy, history, and music in multiple languages. She wrote one of the first vernacu...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Md. :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2007.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Engaging in a conversation
- Catholicisms
- Trees of knowledge
- Choices
- A list of books
- Calculus for the believer
- A new female mind
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography.