Fall 2007 Exhibit: Euler’s 300th Anniversary

This page is a companion to the Fall 2007 exhibit in the display case inside the entrance to the Mathematics Library, 310 Vincent Hall.

Anniversary Information

• The Euler Archive An online resource for Euler's original works, available translations and current research.
• The Leonhard Euler Tercentenary - Basel 2007 Extensive, diverse program to celebrate the anniversary. The German calendar contains many more events than the English version.
• Euler stamps Among these Images of Mathematicians on Postage Stamps are a dozen of Euler.
• MAA’s Year of Euler The Mathematical Association of America celebrated the anniversary with several new books on Euler, as well as a Mathematical Study Tour to Basel, Berlin, and St. Petersburg (some photos available).

Euler’s Lineage

A tree showing Euler’s mathematical ancestors and descendants, drawn from the information at the Mathematics Genealogy Project. [thanks to Jan Roseen]

Complete Works

Leonhardi Euleri Opera omnia sub auspiciis Societatis Scientarum Naturalium Helveticae edenda curaverunt Ferdinand Rudio, Adolf Krazer, Paul Stäckel. Lipsiae, Berolini, Typis et in aedibus B. G. Teubneri, 1911- . Mathematics Library Q113 .E82

• Series I. Opera mathematica (29 v.)
• Series II. Opera mechanica et astronomica (31 v.)
• Series III. Opera physica, Miscellanea (12 v.)
• Series IV. Commercium epistolicum (8 v.); Manuscripta (ca. 7 v. planned)

A searchable index to the set, plus scanned PDFs and some translations, is available at the Euler Archive

Recent Books about Euler

• Leonhard Euler: Life, Work and Legacy, edited by Robert E. Bradley, C. Edward Sandifer. Studies in the History and Philosophy of Mathematics v. 5. Amsterdam; Boston: Elsevier, 2007. Mathematics Library QA29.E8 L465
• The Genius of Euler: Reflections on His Life and Work, edited by William Dunham. MAA spectrum. MAA tercentenary Euler celebration v. 2. Washington, D.C.: Mathematical Association of America, 2007. Mathematics Library QA29.E8 G46
• Leonhard Euler: A Man to Be Reckoned With, text by Andreas K. Heyne and Alice K. Heyne; illustrations by Elena S. Pini; English translation by Alice K. Heyne and Tahu Matheson. Basel; Boston: Birkhäuser, 2007. Mathematics Library QA29.E8 H49
• The Early Mathematics of Leonhard Euler, by C. Edward Sandifer. MAA spectrum. MAA tercentenary Euler celebration v. 1. Washington, D.C.: Mathematical Association of America, 2007. Mathematics Library QA29.E8 S26
• Leonhard Euler, by Emil A. Fellmann; translated by Erika Gautschi and Walter Gautschi. Basel; Boston: Birkhäuser, 2007. Mathematics Library QA29.E8 F452
• Euler Through Time: A New Look at Old Themes, by V.S. Varadarajan. Providence, R.I.: American Mathematical Society, 2006. Mathematics Library QA24 .V37
• Gamma: Exploring Euler’s Constant, by Julian Havil. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003. Mathematics Library QA41 .H23
• Euler: The Master of Us All, edited by William Dunham. Dolciani mathematical expositions no. 22. Washington, D.C.: Mathematical Association of America, 1999. Mathematics Library QA1 .D65 no.22

[previous exhibits]

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