Concise history of mathematics for philosophers, a
Auteur :
Stillwell, John
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781108456234
Date de publication :
6 juin 2019
Dimensions :
23,0 x 15,0 x 0,5 cm
Poids :
100 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Presents an outline of mathematics and its history, with particular emphasis on events that shook up its philosophy. Ranges from ancient Greece to the nineteenth- and twentieth-century discoveries on the nature of infinity and proof. Recurring themes are intuition and logic, meaning and existence, and the discrete and the continuous.