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English ed. |
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xiv, 425 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 26 cm. |
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Science language |
| Series |
The MAA tercentenary Euler celebration ; v. 4
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Spectrum series
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MAA spectrum.
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MAA tercentenary Euler celebration ; v. 4.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Translator's note -- From the editors -- Opening speech of the symposium 'Modern Developments of Euler's Ideas', October 24, 1983 / A. P. Aleksandrov -- Leonhard Euler : his life and work / A. P. Yushkevich -- Leonhard Euler : active and honored member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences / Yu. Kh. Kopelevich -- The part played by the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (the Academy of Sciences of the USSR) in the publication of Euler's collected works / E. P. Ozhigova -- Leonhard Euler and the Berlin Academy of Sciences / K. Grau -- Was Leonhard Euler driven from Berlin by J. H. Lambert? / K.-R. Biermann -- Euler's mathematical notebooks / E. Knobloch -- On Euler's surviving manuscripts and notebooks / G. P. Matvievskaya -- The manuscript materials of Euler on number theory / G. P. Matvievskaya and E. P. Ozhigova -- Euler's contribution to algebra / I. G. Bashmakova -- Diophantine equations in Euler's works / T. A. Lavrinenko -- The foundations of mechanics and hydrodynamics in Euler's works / G. K. Michaĭlov and L. I. Sedov -- Leonhard Euler and the variational principles of mechanics / V. V. Rumyantsev -- Leonhard Euler and the mechanics of elastic systems / N. V. Banichuk and A. Yu. Ishlinskĭi -- Euler's research in mechanics during the first Petersburg period / N. N. Polyakhov -- The significance of Euler's research in ballistics / A. P. Mandryka -- Euler and the development of astronomy in Russia / V. K. Abalakin and E. A. Grebenikov -- Euler and the evolution of celestial mechanics / N. I. Nevskaya and K. V. Kholshevnikov -- New evidence of concerning Euler's development as an astronomer and historian of science / N. I. Nevskaya -- Leonhard Euler in correspondence with Clairaut, d'Alembert, and Lagrange / A. P. Yushkevich and R. Taton -- Letters to a German Princess and Euler's physics / A. T. Grigorʹian and V. S. Kirsanov -- Euler and I. P. Kulibin / N. M. Raskin -- Euler and the history of a certain musical-mathematical idea / E. V. Gertsman -- Euler's music-theoretical manuscripts and the formation of his conception of the theory of music / S. S. Tserlyuk-Askadskaya -- An unknown portrait of Euler by J. F. A. Darbès / G. B. Andreeva and M. P. Vikturina -- Eulogy in memory of Leonhard Euler / Nikolaĭ Fuss -- Leonhard Euler's family and descendants / I. R. Gekker and A. A. Euler -- Index. |
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Euler, Leonhard, 1707-1783 -- Knowledge and learning -- Science.
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Euler, Leonhard, 1707-1783. |
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Mathematics -- History -- 18th century.
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Mathematics. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
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Mathematicians -- Switzerland -- Biography.
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Mathematicians. |
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Switzerland. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Scientists -- Switzerland -- Biography.
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Scientists. |
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Bogoli͡ubov, N. N. (Nikolaĭ Nikolaevich), 1909-1992.
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Mikhaĭlov, G. K.
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I͡Ushkevich, A. P. (Adolʹf Pavlovich), 1906-1993.
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Burns, Robert.
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Razvitie ideĭ Leonarda Ėĭlera i sovremennai͡a nauka. English.
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| ISBN |
9780883855645 |
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088385564X |
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