Math Makers: The Lives And Works Of 50 Famous Mathematicians Guide

Overcame social barriers to make breakthroughs in elasticity theory and Fermat’s Last Theorem.

Perhaps the most prolific mathematician ever; he contributed to almost every branch of the field and standardized much of modern notation.

Mathematics became more abstract as scholars questioned the very nature of numbers and space.

We see how Elements influenced Abraham Lincoln , and how Isaac Newton famously "stood on the shoulders of giants" like Galileo and Kepler. The narrative reveals that mathematics is a collaborative conversation that spans centuries. Each "Math Maker" took the baton from a predecessor and passed it forward, refining the tools we use to measure the universe.

Challenged the world with 23 unsolved problems that directed the course of 20th-century research.

Discovered the "Butterfly Effect," pioneering modern chaos theory.