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Leonhard Euler

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Euler was not only by far the most productive mathematician in the history of mankind, but also one of the greatest scholars of all time. He attained, like only a few scholars, a degree of popularity and fame which may well be compared with that of Galilei, Newton, or Einstein. Moreover he was a cosmopolitan in the truest sense of the word; he lived during his first twenty years in Basel, was active altogether for more than thirty years in Petersburg and for a quarter of a century in Berlin. Leonhard Euler’s unusually rich life and broadly diversified activity in the immediate vicinity of important personalities which have made history, may well justify an exposition. This book is based in part on unpublished sources and comes right out of the current research on Euler. It is entirely free of formulae as it has been written for a broad audience with interests in the history of culture and science.

196 pages, Hardcover

First published January 23, 1899

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August 10, 2015
OK biography, could have used better editing/ translating. Occasionally a sentence is abut awkward or clumsy. Also not sure why resp. used throughout. Very general coverage of Euler's work, no equations.
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August 17, 2025
Vaihtelua lääkäreiden muistelmiin. Mielenkiintoinen katsaus 1700-luvun ja yhden historian etevimmän matemaatikon elämään.

Teos oli kattava ja tasapainoinen: matemaattisen, historiallisen ja elämäkerrallisen sisällön suhde kohdillaan.

Aikalaismatemaatikoiden lisäksi kirja herätti mielenkiintoa myös aikalaisvaltioiden, etenkin Venäjän kehitykseen. Venäjä otti harppauksia suurvallaksi Pietari ja Katariina Suurten aikana, joka osuu hyvin yhteen Eulerin elämän kanssa. Oli mielenkiintoista lukea kuonnontieteiden suosiosta Venäjällä.

Ylipäätään Euler vaikutti aika tasapainoiselta ihmiseltä. Hieman draamaakin tuon ajan piireissä oli, mutta Euler otti pääosin aika rennosti, eleli perhe-elämää ja tutki valtavasti matematiikkaa. Siistiä!

Mielenkiintoinen ja perusteellisesti tuotettu teos aiheesta kiinnostuneille. Välillä kuivakkaa, mutta pääosin hyvä.
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