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I used to think math was no fun 'Cause I couldn't see how it was done Now Euler's my hero For I now see why zero Equals e <pi> i +1 --Paul Nahin, electrical engineer In the mid-eighteenth century, Swiss-born mathematician Leonhard Euler developed a formula so innovative and complex... read more

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The nineteenth-century Harvard mathematician Benjamin Peirce (1809-1880) made a tremendous impression on his students.

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  1. Paul J. Nahin (Author)

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