Euler and modern science

Author(s)

• Bogolyubov, N. N. (Nikolaĭ Nikolaevich)
• Mikhaĭlov, G. K.
• Yushkevich, A. P. (Adolʹf Pavlovich)
• Burns, Robert

Bibliographic Information

Euler and modern science

edited by N.N. Bogolyubov, G.K. Mikhaĭlov, and A.P. Yushkevich ; translated from Russian by Robert Burns

（MAA tercentenary Euler celebration, v. 4）

Mathematical Association of America, c2007

Other Title

Razvitie ideĭ Leonharda Eulera i sovremennaya nauka

Note

"Originally published in Russian as "Razvitie ideĭ Leonharda Eulera i sovremennaya nauka " c1988 Izdatel'stvo Nauka"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

• Opening speech of the symposium "Modern Developments of Euler's Ideas", October 24, 1983 / A.P. Aleksandrov
• Leonhard Euler : his life and work / A.P. Yushkevich
• Leonhard Euler : active and honored member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences / Yu.Kh. Kopelevich
• The part played by the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (the Academy of Sciences of the USSR) in the publication of Euler's collected works / E.P. Ozhigova
• Leonhard Euler and the Berlin Academy of Sciences / K. Grau
• Was Leonhard Euler driven from Berlin by J. H. Lambert? / K.-R. Biermann
• Euler's mathematical notebooks / E. Knobloch
• On Euler's surviving manuscripts and notebooks / G.P. Matvievskaya
• The manuscript materials of Euler on number theory / G.P. Matvievskaya and E.P. Ozhigova
• Euler's contribution to algebra / I.G. Bashmakova
• Diophantine equations in Euler's works / T.A. Lavrinenko
• The foundations of mechanics and hydrodynamics in Euler's works / G.K. Michaĭlov and L.I. Sedov
• Leonhard Euler and the variational principles of mechanics / V.V. Rumyantsev
• Leonhard Euler and the mechanics of elastic systems / N.V. Banichuk and A.Yu. Ishlinskiĭ
• Euler's research in mechanics during the first Petersburg period / N.N. Polyakhov
• The significance of Euler's research in ballistics / A.P. Mandryka
• Euler and the development of astronomy in Russia / V.K. Abalakin and E.A. Grebenikov
• Euler and the evolution of celestial mechanics / N.I. Nevskaya and K.V. Kholshevnikov
• New evidence of concerning Euler's development as an astronomer and historian of science / N.I. Nevskaya
• Leonhard Euler in correspondence with Clairaut, d'Alembert, and Lagrange / A.P. Yushkevich and R. Taton
• Letters to a German Princess and Euler's physics / A.T. Grigorʹian and V.S. Kirsanov
• Euler and I.P. Kulibin / N.M. Raskin
• Euler and the history of a certain musical-mathematical idea / E.V. Gertsman
• Euler's music-theoretical manuscripts and the formation of his conception of the theory of music / S.S. Tserlyuk-Askadskaya
• An unknown portrait of Euler by J.F.A. Darbès / G.B. Andreeva and M.P. Vikturina
• Eulogy in memory of Leonhard Euler / Nikolaĭ Fuss
• Leonhard Euler's family and descendants / I.R. Gekker and A.A. Euler

Details

• NCID: BA85733488
• ISBN:
  • 9780883855645
• LCCN: 2007929594
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: rus
• Place of Publication: [Washington, D.C.]
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 425 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Euler, Leonhard, 1707-1783 -- Knowledge -- Science
  • LCSH : Mathematics -- History -- 18th century
  • LCSH : Mathematicians -- Switzerland -- Biography
  • LCSH : Scientists -- Switzerland -- Biography
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA82163725