Could you recommend a historically rigorous biography of L. Euler (if possible with discussions and examples of the mathematics he was doing)?
Edit: I'd rather prefer a book (not necessarily about Euler alone) or a thorough article.
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Sign up to join this communityCould you recommend a historically rigorous biography of L. Euler (if possible with discussions and examples of the mathematics he was doing)?
Edit: I'd rather prefer a book (not necessarily about Euler alone) or a thorough article.
The standard reference seems to be
Euler: The Master of Us All by William Dunham.
See also
Leonhard Euler by Emil A. Fellmann.
There is a short article here:
Biography: Leonhard Euler, by B. F. Finkel.
The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 12 (Dec., 1897), pp. 297-302
See also The Euler Archive, in particular its Historical and Biographical Resources page.