Mathematics
Queen and Servant of Science
Published on 5. September 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
463 pages
978-0-88385-447-1 (ISBN)
Description
An absorbing account of pure and applied mathematics from the geometry of Euclid to that of Riemann, and its application in Einstein's theory of relativity. The twenty chapters cover such topics as: algebra, number theory, logic, probability, infinite sets and the foundations of mathematics, rings, matrices, transformations, groups, geometry, and topology. Mathematics was republished in 1987 with corrections and an added foreword by Martin Gardner.
Reviews / Votes
'The book deserves a place in today's market. It is rewarding reading for teachers and students at all mathematical levels.' Morris KlineMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Washington
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
535 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-88385-447-1 (9780883854471)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
1. Points of view; 2. Mathematical truth; 3. Breaking bounds; 4. 'The same, yet not the same'; 5. The art of abstraction; 6. Oaks from acorns; 7. Pictorial thinking; 8. Landmarks old and new; 9. Groups; 10. A metrical universe; 11. The queen of mathematics; 12. Abstraction and prediction; 13. From cyzius to neptune; 14. Two kinds of picture; 15. The chief instrument of applied mathematics; 16. Further calculuses; 17. Waves and vibrations; 18. Choice and chance; 19. 'Storming the heavens'; 20. Bedrock.