Men of MathematicsE.T. Bell1. Introduction 2. Modern minds in ancient bodies-Zeno, Eudoxus, Archimedes 3. Gentleman, soldier, and mathematician-Descartes 4. The prince of amateurs-Fermat 5. 'Greatness and misery of man'-Pascal 6. On the seashore-Newton 7. Master of all trades-Leibniz 8. Nature of nurture?-The Bernoullis 9. Analysis incarnate-Euler 10. A lofty pyramid-Lagrange 11. From peasant to snob-Laplace 12. Friends of an emperor-Monge, Fourier 13. The day of glory-Poncelet 14. The prince of...