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The world of mathematics / edited by James R. Newman.
Publication details: Mineola, NY : Dover Publications, 2000-Description: 4 v. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:- 0486411532 (v. 1)
- 0486411508 (v. 2)
- 0486411516 (v. 3)
- 0486411524 (v. 4)
- QA7 .W67 2000
Contents:
v.1. pt.1. General survey; pt.2. Historical and biographical; pt.3. Arithmetic, numbers and the art of counting; pt.4. Mathematics of space and moon -- v.2. pt.5. Mathematics and the physical world; pt.6. Mathematics and social science; pt.7. the laws of chance -- v.3. pt.8. Statistics and the design of experiments; pt.9. The supreme art of abstraction: group theory; pt.10. Mathematics of infinity; pt.11. Mathematical truth and the structure of mathematics; pt.12. The mathematical way of thinking; pt.13. Mathematics and logic; pt.14. The unreasonableness of mathematics; pt.15. How to solve it; pt.16. The vocabulary of mathematics; pt.17. Mathematics as an art -- v.4. pt.18. The mathematician; pt.19. Mathematical machines: can a machine think?; pt.20. Mathematics in warfare; pt.21. A mathematical theory of art; pt.22. Mathematics of the good; pt.23. Mathematics in literature; pt.24. Mathematics in music; pt.25. Mathematics as a culture clue; pt.26. Amusements, puzzles, fancies.
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Originally published: New York : Simon and Schuster, 1956.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
v.1. pt.1. General survey; pt.2. Historical and biographical; pt.3. Arithmetic, numbers and the art of counting; pt.4. Mathematics of space and moon -- v.2. pt.5. Mathematics and the physical world; pt.6. Mathematics and social science; pt.7. the laws of chance -- v.3. pt.8. Statistics and the design of experiments; pt.9. The supreme art of abstraction: group theory; pt.10. Mathematics of infinity; pt.11. Mathematical truth and the structure of mathematics; pt.12. The mathematical way of thinking; pt.13. Mathematics and logic; pt.14. The unreasonableness of mathematics; pt.15. How to solve it; pt.16. The vocabulary of mathematics; pt.17. Mathematics as an art -- v.4. pt.18. The mathematician; pt.19. Mathematical machines: can a machine think?; pt.20. Mathematics in warfare; pt.21. A mathematical theory of art; pt.22. Mathematics of the good; pt.23. Mathematics in literature; pt.24. Mathematics in music; pt.25. Mathematics as a culture clue; pt.26. Amusements, puzzles, fancies.
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