| God Created the Integers | |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Mathematics |
| Publisher: | Running Press |
| Release Date: | 2005 (first edition) 2007 (second edition) |
| Media Type: | |
| Pages: | 1176 |
| Isbn: | 9780762419227 |
| Isbn Note: | (first edition) 9780762430048 (second edition) |
| Preceded By: | A Briefer History of Time |
| Followed By: | The Grand Design |
God Created the Integers: The Mathematical Breakthroughs That Changed History is a 2005 anthology, edited by Stephen Hawking, of "excerpts from thirty-one of the most important works in the history of mathematics."[1]
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."[2]
The works are grouped by author and ordered chronologically. Each section is prefaced by notes on the mathematician's life and work. The anthology includes works by the following mathematicians:
Selections from the works of Euler, Bolyai, Lobachevsky and Galois, which are included in the second edition of the book (published in 2007), were not included in the first edition.
. Stephen Hawking . God Created the Integers: The Mathematical Breakthroughs That Changed History . Running Press Book Publishers . 2005 . 1160 (Hardback) . 0-7624-1922-9 .