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Euler at 300: An Appreciation.(Book review)
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Australian Mathematics Teacher
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March 22, 2008| Author:
Brinkworth, Peter C.
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Euler at 300: An Appreciation
Robert E. Bradley, Lawrence A. D'Antonio & C. Edward Sandifer (eds)
Published by the Mathematical Association of America (2007)
325 pp., hard cover
ISBN 978-0-88385-565-2
US$47.95
This is Volume 5 of the MAA Tercentenary Euler Celebration in the Spectrum Series. As with the other 4 volumes of books devoted to Euler, it is an elegant production, beauti...
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