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Euler

by William Dunham · 1999 · 208 pages

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This book examines the huge scope of mathematical areas explored and developed by Leonhard Euler.

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Subject
sciencebiographyhistory
Setting
18th centuryswitzerland
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 208 pages

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