Great Thinkers, Great Theorems

The 19th Century - Rigor and Liberation (1x22)

Uitzenddatum: Jan 01, 2010

Delve into some of the important trends of 19th-century mathematics: a quest for rigor in securing the foundations of calculus; the liberation from the physical sciences, embodied by non-Euclidean geometry; and the first significant steps toward opening the field to women.