W S Anglin

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The Heritage of Thales (Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 1995)Paperback - Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 1995, 14 October 2012

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Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics
Part of Series
Readings in Mathematics
Part of Series
Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics / Readings in Mathematics
Print Length
331 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Springer
Date Published
14 Oct 2012
ISBN-10
1461269067
ISBN-13
9781461269069

Description

This is intended as a textbook on the history, philosophy and foundations of mathematics, primarily for students specializing in mathematics, but we also wish to welcome interested students from the sciences, humanities and education. We have attempted to give approximately equal treatment to the three subjects: history, philosophy and mathematics. History We must emphasize that this is not a scholarly account of the history of mathematics, but rather an attempt to teach some good mathematics in a historical context. Since neither of the authors is a professional historian, we have made liberal use of secondary sources. We have tried to give ref- cited facts and opinions. However, considering that this text erences for developed by repeated revisions from lecture notes of two courses given by one of us over a 25 year period, some attributions may have been lost. We could not resist retelling some amusing anecdotes, even when we suspect that they have no proven historical basis. As to the mathematicians listed in our account, we admit to being colour and gender blind; we have not attempted a balanced distribution of the mathematicians listed to meet today's standards of political correctness. Philosophy Both authors having wide philosophical interests, this text contains perhaps more philosophical asides than other books on the history of mathematics. For example, we discuss the relevance to mathematics of the pre-Socratic philosophers and of Plato, Aristotle, Leibniz and Russell. We also have vi Preface presented some original insights.

Product Details

Authors:
W S AnglinJ Lambek
Book Edition:
Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 1995
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
NL
Date Published:
14 October 2012
Dimensions:
23.39 x 15.6 x 1.83 cm
ISBN-10:
1461269067
ISBN-13:
9781461269069
Language:
English
Location:
New York, NY
Pages:
331
Publisher:
Weight:
480.81 gm

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