Great Thinkers, Great Theorems

<p>Rub shoulders with towering mathematical geniuses of history in this fun and compelling course that takes you inside the mechanics of some of math's greatest and most awe-inspiring achievements.</p>

• By This Professor
• 01: Theorems as Masterpieces
• 02: Mathematics before Euclid
• 03: The Greatest Mathematics Book of All
• 04: Euclid's Elements-Triangles and Polygons
• 05: Number Theory in Euclid
• 06: The Life and Works of Archimedes
• 07: Archimedes' Determination of Circular Area
• 08: Heron's Formula for Triangular Area
• 09: Al-Khwarizmi and Islamic Mathematics
• 10: A Horatio Algebra Story
• 11: To the Cubic and Beyond
• 12: The Heroic Century
• 13: The Legacy of Newton
• 14: Newton's Infinite Series
• 15: Newton's Proof of Heron's Formula
• 16: The Legacy of Leibniz
• 17: The Bernoullis and the Calculus Wars
• 18: Euler, the Master
• 19: Euler's Extraordinary Sum
• 20: Euler and the Partitioning of Numbers
• 21: Gauss-the Prince of Mathematicians
• 22: The 19th Century-Rigor and Liberation
• 23: Cantor and the Infinite
• 24: Beyond the Infinite