Eric Temple Bell - Men of Mathematics_ The Lives and Achievements of the Great Mathematicians from Zeno to Poincaré-Touchstone (1986).pdf
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Contents 1. INTRODUCTION For the reader’s comfort. The beginning of modern mathematics. Are mathematicians human? Witless parodies. Illimitable scope of mathematical evolution. Pioneers and scouts. A clue through the maze. Continuity and discreteness. Remarkable rarity of common sense. Vivid mathematics or vague mysticism? Four great ages of mathematics. Our own the Golden Age. 2. MODERN MINDS IN ANCIENT BODIES ZENO(fifth century B.C.), EUDOXUS (408-355 B.C.), ARCHIMEDES (287?-212 B.C.) Modern ancients and ancient moderns. Pythagoras, great mystic, greater…
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