Mathematics & Common Sense e-bog
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From the Preface: This book is addressed to all who are curious about the nature of mathematics and its role in society. It is neither a text book nor a specialists' book. It consists of a number of loosely linked essays that may be read independently and for which I have tried to provide a leitmotif by throwing light on the relationship between mathematics and common sense. In these essays I h...
E-bog
436,85 DKK
Forlag
A K Peters/CRC Press
Udgivet
30 november 2006
Længde
250 sider
Genrer
Mathematics
Sprog
English
Format
pdf
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781439864326
From the Preface: This book is addressed to all who are curious about the nature of mathematics and its role in society. It is neither a text book nor a specialists' book. It consists of a number of loosely linked essays that may be read independently and for which I have tried to provide a leitmotif by throwing light on the relationship between mathematics and common sense. In these essays I hope to foster a critical attitude towards both the existence of common sense in mathematics and the ambiguous role that it can play.