Reviewed Brian, D. Sleeman, John A. Adam
And while I have sought to shew the naturalist how a few mathematical concepts and dynamical principles may help and guide him, I have tried to shew the mathematician a field for his labour—a field...
The Universal Computer: The Road from Leibniz to Turing (2008)
Reviewed Brian, E. Blank, Martin Davis, Konrad Zuse
If you teach a course on number theory nowadays, chances are it will generate more interest among computer science majors than among mathematics majors. Many will care little about integers that can...
Reviewed Brian, E. Blank, Jeremy Gray, Benjamin Yandell, A K Peters
The year 1897 was a momentous one for the development of mathematics. A lasting tradition was initiated that summer when Zürich hosted the first International Congress of Mathematicians. It followed...
The Constants of Nature (2008)
Just Six Numbers, Reviewed Brian, E. Blank, John D. Barrow, Just Six Numbers, Martin Rees
Consider the two constants G and G. The first G arises frequently when we manipulate special functions. We represent this G by dozens of series and integrals, we study its continued fraction...
Reviewed Brian, E. Blank, Keith J. Devlin
(CMI), inspired by the centenary of the Hilbert Challenge and seeking to put its own stamp on the new century and perhaps beyond, announced awards of one million dollars each for solutions to seven...