{"title":"Eli Maor","description":"Eli Maor, professor de História da Matemática na Loyola University, em Chicago, é autor de To infinity and beyond e Trigonometric Delights","products":[{"product_id":"e-a-historia-de-um-numero","title":"and: The story of a number","description":"The story of e has been told and retold in academic works and popular books, and like its close relative (, it plays a central role in mathematics. On the other hand, like (, e has also never had its development analyzed for the lay public. The interest rates on a bank account, the arrangement of sunflower seeds, or the shape of an architectural archway are all connected to the mysterious number e. In e: The Story of a Number, Eli Maor portrays the curious characters and mathematicians involved in the creation of this number, in a gallery that includes everyone from Archimedes to David Hilbert. But the author focuses on exploring the development of an entire period in the history of mathematics, centered on the invention of calculus, from the early 17th century to the late 19th century. Maor analyzes the role of discoveries by geniuses and pioneers such as John Napier (also known as Neper), a Scottish Protestant, inventor of the logarithm, who was close to the discovery of e; William Oughtred, the inventor of the slide rule; Newton and his dispute with Leibniz over the invention of calculus. and Jacob Bernoulli. The unifying theme of the work is the idea that a single number encompasses aspects as diverse as the rules of compound interest; the internal structure of a nautilus shell; the shape of a hanging chain; a scale composed by J. Sebastian Bach; and even the art of MC Escher's magical and paradoxical engravings. In e: The Story of a Number, the author also addresses the discovery of transcendental numbers, which gave the mathematician Cantor his revolutionary ideas about infinity. Eli Maor, professor of the History of Mathematics at Loyola University in Chicago, is the author of To Infinity and Beyond and Trigonometric Delights. \n\"An excellent book that should be part of public and school libraries.\" - Ian Stewart, New Scientist \"Maor has succeeded in writing this short, readable history of mathematics.\" - Peter Borwein, Science \"This chronological history allows glimpses into the lives of the people involved in the development of this fascinating number.\" - Jerry P. King, Nature","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175918420220,"sku":"9788501058478","price":89.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/95e9bdbd8276df6180a8380cefc2b798_594d50f2-da0b-48ab-ba5c-b27f38e929f6.jpg?v=1778322581"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.record.com.br\/en\/collections\/eli-maor.oembed","provider":"Editora Record","version":"1.0","type":"link"}