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'''''God Created the Integers: The Mathematical Breakthroughs That Changed History''''' is an anthology, edited by [[Stephen Hawking (nonfiction)|Stephen Hawking]], of "excerpts from thirty-one of the most important works in the history of mathematics."
[[File:God_Created_the_Integers.jpg|thumb|Front cover of the first edition of ''God Created the Integers''.]]'''''God Created the Integers: The Mathematical Breakthroughs That Changed History''''' is an anthology, edited by [[Stephen Hawking (nonfiction)|Stephen Hawking]], of "excerpts from thirty-one of the most important works in the history of mathematics."


The title of the book is a reference to a quotation attributed to mathematician [[Leopold Kronecker (nonfiction)|Leopold Kronecker]], who once wrote that "God made the integers; all else is the work of man."
The title of the book is a reference to a quotation attributed to mathematician [[Leopold Kronecker (nonfiction)|Leopold Kronecker]], who once wrote that "God made the integers; all else is the work of man."
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== Nonfiction cross-reference ==


* [[Stephen Hawking (nonfiction)]]
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* [[Leopold Kronecker (nonfiction)]]
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* [[Mathematician (nonfiction)]]
* [[Mathematics (nonfiction)]]
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Created_the_Integers God Created the Integers] @ Wikipedia
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Front cover of the first edition of God Created the Integers.

God Created the Integers: The Mathematical Breakthroughs That Changed History is an anthology, edited by Stephen Hawking, of "excerpts from thirty-one of the most important works in the history of mathematics."

The title of the book is a reference to a quotation attributed to mathematician Leopold Kronecker, who once wrote that "God made the integers; all else is the work of man."

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links:

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