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Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Richard Feynman, John Von Neumann, Martin Gardner, John Horton Conway, Stephen Wolfram, Stanislaw Ulam, Edgar F. Codd, Matthew Cook, Joseph Nechvatal, Eduardo Reck Miranda, Mary Ann Horton, Voja Antonić, Rudy Rucker, Charles Platt, David Eppstein, Brosl Hasslacher, Edward Fredkin, Norman White, Brian Goodwin, Noam Elkies, Peter S. Albin, Charles H. Bennett, Manuel de Landa, Norman Packard, Bill Gosper, Alvy Ray Smith, Stephen R. Bourne, Edward F. Moore, Jack Corliss, Steve Omohundro, Cosma Shalizi, Christopher Langton, Melanie Mitchell, Don Hopkins, Mike Lesser, Ed Pegg, Jr., Andrei Toom, Tommaso Toffoli, Eric Goles, John Myhill, Simon P. Norton, Jarkko Kari, Gustav A. Hedlund. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Richard Phillips Feynman (pronounced ; May 11, 1918 February 15, 1988) was an American physicist known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics and the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, as well as in particle physics (he proposed the parton model). For his contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamics, Feynman, jointly with Julian Schwinger and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965. He developed a widely used pictorial representation scheme for the mathematical expressions governing the behavior of subatomic particles, which later became known as Feynman diagrams. During his lifetime, Feynman became one of the best-known scientists in the world. He assisted in the development of the atomic bomb and was a member of the panel that investigated the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. In addition to his work in theoretical physics, Feynman has been credited with pioneering the field of quantum computing, and introducing...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=25523 ... Read more

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Chapters: John Von Neumann. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 297. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: John von Neumann (December 28, 1903 February 8, 1957) was a Hungarian-American mathematician who made major contributions to a vast range of fields, including set theory, functional analysis, quantum mechanics, ergodic theory, continuous geometry, economics and game theory, computer science, numerical analysis, hydrodynamics (of explosions), and statistics, as well as many other mathematical fields. He is generally regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians in modern history. The mathematician Jean Dieudonné called von Neumann "the last of the great mathematicians", while Peter Lax described him as possessing the most "fearsome technical prowess" and "scintillating intellect" of the century. Even in Budapest, in the time that produced geniuses like von Kármán (b. 1881), Szilárd (b. 1898), Wigner (b. 1902), and Teller (b. 1908), his brilliance stood out. Von Neumann was a pioneer of the application of operator theory to quantum mechanics, in the development of functional analysis, a principal member of the Manhattan Project and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton (as one of the few originally appointed), and a key figure in the development of game theory and the concepts of cellular automata and the universal constructor. Along with Edward Teller and Stanislaw Ulam, von Neumann worked out key steps in the nuclear physics involved in thermonuclear reactions and the hydrogen bomb. The eldest of three brothers, von Neumann was born Neumann János Lajos (in Hungarian the family name comes first) on December 28, 1903 in Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire, to a wealthy Jewish family. His father was Neumann Miksa (Max Neumann), a lawyer who worked in a bank. His mother was Kann Mar...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=15942 ... Read more

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Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Carl Friedrich Gauss, Leonhard Euler, John Von Neumann, William Rowan Hamilton, Srinivasa Ramanujan, Paul Erdős, Stephen Hawking, Brian Greene, Mental Calculator, George Parker Bidder, Tathagat Avatar Tulsi, Shakuntala Devi, Jedediah Buxton, Jakow Trachtenberg, Mental Calculation World Cup, Willis Dysart, Alberto Coto García, Karl Ramsayer, Zerah Colburn, Salo Finkelstein, Scott Flansburg, Johann Dase, Anne-Marie Imafidon, Truman Henry Safford, Hans Eberstark, Thomas Fuller, Willem Klein, Gert Mittring, Michael Byster, Divesh Shah, Jan Van Koningsveld, George Lane, Jacques Inaudi. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Pachaiyappa's College, Trinity College, CambridgeSrnivsa Aiyangr Rmnujan FRS, better known as Srinivasa Iyengar Ramanujan (Tamil: ) (22 December 1887 26 April 1920) was an Indian mathematician and autodidact who, with almost no formal training in pure mathematics, made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series and continued fractions. Born and raised in Erode, Tamil Nadu, India, Ramanujan first encountered formal mathematics at age 10. He demonstrated a natural ability, and was given books on advanced trigonometry written by S L Loney. He had mastered them by age 12, and even discovered theorems of his own. He demonstrated unusual mathematical skills at school, winning accolades and awards. By 17, Ramanujan conducted his own mathematical research on Bernoulli numbers and the EulerMascheroni constant. He received a scholarship to study at Government College in Kumbakonam, but lost it when he failed his non-mathematical coursework. He joined another college to pursue independent mathematical research, working as a clerk in the Accountant-General's office at the Madras Port Trust Office to support hims...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=47717 ... Read more

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