Pythagorean World e-bog
656,09 DKK
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This book explores precisely how mathematics allows us to model and predict the behaviour of physical systems, to an amazing degree of accuracy. One of the oldest explanations for this is that, in some profound way, the structure of the world is mathematical. The ancient Pythagoreans stated that "e;everything is number"e;. However, while exploring the Pythagorean method, this book choos...
E-bog
656,09 DKK
Forlag
Palgrave Macmillan
Udgivet
17 november 2016
Genrer
Philosophy of mathematics
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9783319409764
This book explores precisely how mathematics allows us to model and predict the behaviour of physical systems, to an amazing degree of accuracy. One of the oldest explanations for this is that, in some profound way, the structure of the world is mathematical. The ancient Pythagoreans stated that "e;everything is number"e;. However, while exploring the Pythagorean method, this book chooses to add a second principle of the universe: the mind. This work defends the proposition that mind and mathematical structure are the grounds of reality.