Letters to a German Princess: Euler’s blockbuster lives on
That’s Maths: The collection of letters shows Euler was not only a ‘master’ mathematician but also a master teacher
Émilie Du Châtelet and the conservation of energy
Her brilliant work is still the standard reference in French on Newtonian mechanics
Goldbach’s conjecture: if it’s unprovable, it must be true
Falsehood of the conjecture is incompatible with unprovability
Euler: a mathematician without equal and an overall nice guy
The vast body of mathematics owes more to Euler than to any other single person
Staying put or going with the flow
That’s Maths: Ireland was the first of many countries to use a so-called semi-Lagrangian advection scheme in an operational setting
Euler and the failed fountain of Sanssouci
That’s maths: Frederick the Great ignored the advice of a genius in maths and physics
That’s Maths: When a walking route in central Paris is bridge too far
Swiss mathematician’s bid to resolve problem known as The Seven Bridges of Königsberg is first real puzzle in topology
Euler’s Gem and how it relates to the 1970 World Cup
That’s Maths: Euler’s formula has repercussions in topology, network analysis and dynamical systems theory
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