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A description of the historical development of mathematics with a brief survey of high points and trenchant influences, originally published in 1986 by Praeger. A remarkable bargain. Fascinating study considers the origins and nature of mathematics, its development and role in the history of scienti...

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Main Authors: Kac, Marc (Author), Ulam, Stanisław M. 1909-1984 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Dover Publ. 1992
Edition:1. publ. [Nachdr. der Ausg.] New York 1968
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Summary:A description of the historical development of mathematics with a brief survey of high points and trenchant influences, originally published in 1986 by Praeger. A remarkable bargain. Fascinating study considers the origins and nature of mathematics, its development and role in the history of scientific thinking, impact of high-speed computers, 20th-century changes in the foundations of mathematics and mathematical logic, mathematization of science and technology, much more. Compelling reading for mathematicians, physicists, students₇anyone interested in the evolution of mathematical thought. 34 illustrations. 1968 edition.
Physical Description:IX, 170 S.

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