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Delve into the mechanics of some of math's greatest and most awe-inspiring achievements.

Explore the most awe-inspiring theorems in the 3,000-year history of mathematics with the 24 lectures of Great Thinkers, Great Theorems. Professor William Dunham, an award-winning teacher with a talent for conveying the essence of mathematical ideas, reveals how great minds like Pythagoras, Newton, and Euler crafted theorems that would revolutionize our understanding of the world. Approaching great theorems the way an art course approaches great art, Professor Dunham will open your mind to new levels of mathematics appreciation.

About the Authors

Dr. William Dunham

Dr. William Dunham is the Truman Koehler Professor of Mathematics at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Pittsburgh and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Mathematics from The Ohio State University. Before his current appointment at Muhlenberg, Dr. Dunham taught at Hanover College in Indiana, receiving teaching awards from both institutions as well as the Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching from the Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware Section of the Mathematical Association of America. He was a Visiting Professor at Ohio State and at Harvard University, where he was invited to teach an undergraduate course on the work of Leonhard Euler and to deliver the Clay Public Lecture in 2008. Dr. Dunham's great theorems approach to teaching mathematics was fostered by a 1983 summer grant from the Lilly Endowment, which also led to his first book, Journey Through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics—a Book-of-the-Month Club selection that has been translated into five languages. Other books followed in addition to articles on mathematics and its history, earning him numerous awards from the Mathematical Association of America and other organizations. He has presented popular talks on mathematics throughout the United States and has appeared on the BBC and NPR's Talk of the Nation: Science Friday.

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All Course Lessons (24)

#	Lesson Title	Duration
1	1 Theorems as Masterpieces Demo	31:44
2	2 Mathematics before Euclid	31:10
3	3 The Greatest Mathematics Book of All	28:56
4	4 Euclid's Elements - Triangles and Polygons	31:42
5	5 Number Theory in Euclid	28:37
6	6 The Life and Works of Archimedes	29:16
7	7 Archimedes' Determination of Circular Area	31:32
8	8 Heron's Formula for Triangular Area	31:21
9	9 Al-Khwarizmi and Islamic Mathematics	29:49
10	10 A Horatio Algebra Story	28:45
11	11 To the Cubic and Beyond	32:04
12	12 The Heroic Century	31:13
13	13 The Legacy of Newton	30:13
14	14 Newton's Infinite Series	30:53
15	15 Newton's Proof of Heron's Formula	31:35
16	16 The Legacy of Leibniz	30:39
17	17 The Bernoullis and the Calculus Wars	31:01
18	18 Euler, the Master	30:25
19	19 Euler's Extraordinary Sum	31:09
20	20 Euler and the Partitioning of Numbers	30:42
21	21 Gauss - the Prince of Mathematicians	30:22
22	22 The 19th Century - Rigor and Liberation	30:55
23	23 Cantor and the Infinite	29:30
24	24 Beyond the Infinite	31:02

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