
From Kant to Hilbert Volume 2
William Bragg Ewald(Author)
Oxford University Press
Published on 21. April 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
712 pages
978-0-19-850536-5 (ISBN)
Description
Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason is widely taken to be the starting point of the modern period of mathematics while David Hilbert was the last great mainstream mathematician to pursue important nineteenth cnetury ideas. This two-volume work provides an overview of this important era of mathematical research through a carefully chosen selection of articles. They provide an insight into the foundations of each of the main branches of mathematics--algebra, geometry, number theory, analysis, logic and set theory--with narratives to show how they are linked.
Classic works by Bolzano, Riemann, Hamilton, Dedekind, and Poincare are reproduced in reliable translations and many selections from writers such as Gauss, Cantor, Kronecker and Zermelo are here translated for the first time. The collection is an invaluable source for anyone wishing to gain an understanding of the foundation of modern mathematics.
Classic works by Bolzano, Riemann, Hamilton, Dedekind, and Poincare are reproduced in reliable translations and many selections from writers such as Gauss, Cantor, Kronecker and Zermelo are here translated for the first time. The collection is an invaluable source for anyone wishing to gain an understanding of the foundation of modern mathematics.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
1062 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-850536-5 (9780198505365)
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William Bragg Ewald is Professor of Law and Philosophy at The University of Pennsylvania.
Content
16. Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann (1826-1866) ; 17. Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1894) ; 18. Julius Wilhelm Richard Dedekind (1831-1916) ; 19. Georg Cantor (1845-1918) ; 20. Leopold Kronecker (1823-1891) ; 21. Christian Felix Klein (1849-1925) ; 22. Jules Henri Poincare (1854-1912) ; 23. The French analysts ; 24. David Hilbert (1862-1943) ; 25. Luitzen Egbertus Jean Brouwer (1881-1966) ; 26. Ernst Zermelo (1871-1953) ; 27. Godfrey Harold Hardy (1877-1947) ; 28. Nicolaus Bourbaki