A Concise History of Mathematics for Philosophers
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This Element aims to present an outline of mathematics and its history, with particular emphasis on events that shook up its philosophy. It ranges from the discovery of irrational numbers in ancient Greece to the nineteenth- and twentieth-century discoveries on the nature of infinity and proof. Recurring themes are intuition and logic, meaning and existence, and the discrete and the continuous. These themes have evolved under the influence of new...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1108456235
ISBN13:9781108456234
Release Date:June 2019
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:75 Pages
Weight:0.26 lbs.
Dimensions:0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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