On Mathematics And Mathematicians
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On Mathematics And Mathematicians
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Author : Robert Edoward Moritz
language : en
Publisher: Mason Press
Release Date : 2008-11-04
On Mathematics And Mathematicians written by Robert Edoward Moritz and has been published by Mason Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11-04 with Mathematics categories.
ON MATHEMATICS AND MATHEMATICIANS Formerly titled Memorabilia Mathematica or the Philomathss Quotation-Book By Robert Edouard Moritz. Originally published in 1914. PREFACE: EVERY one knows that the fine phrase God geometrizes is attributed to Plato, but few know where this famous passage is found, or the exact words in which it was first expressed. Those who, like the author, have spent hours and even days in the search of the exact statements, or the exact references, of similar famous passages, will not question the timeliness and usefulness of a book whose distinct purpose it is to bring together into a single volume exact quotations, with their exact references, bearing on one of the most time-honored, and even today the most active and most fruitful of all the sciences, the queen mother of all the sciences, that is, mathematics. It is hoped that the present volume will prove indispensable to every teacher of mathematics, to every writer on mathe matics, and that the student of mathematics and the related sciences will find its perusal not only a source of pleasure but of encouragement and inspiration as well. The layman will find it a repository of useful information covering a field of knowledge which, owing to the unfamiliar and hence repellant character of the language employed by mathematicians, is peculiarly in accessible to the general reader. No technical processes or technical facility is required to understand and appreciate the wealth of ideas here set forth in the words of the worlds great thinkers. No labor has been spared to make the present volume worthy of a place among collections of a like kind in other fields. Ten years have been devoted to its preparation, years, which if they could have been more profitably, could scarcely have been more pleasurably employed. As a result there have been brought together over one thousand more or less familiar passages pertaining to mathematics, by poets, philosophers, historians, statesmen, scientists, and mathematicians. These have been gathered from over three hundred authors, and have been grouped under twenty heads, and cross indexed under nearly seven hundred topics. The authors original plan was to give foreign quotations both in the original and in translation, but with the growth of mate rial this plan was abandoned as infeasible. It was thought to serve the best interest of the greater number of English readers to give translations only, while preserving the references to the original sources, so that the student or critical reader may readily consult the original of any given extract. In cases where the translation is borrowed the translators name is inserted in brackets immediately after the authors name. Brackets are also used to indicate inserted words or phrases made necessary to bring out the context. The absence of similar English works has made the authors work largely that of the pioneer. Rebi res Math6matiques et Math naticiens and Ahrens Scherz und Ernst in der Mathematik have indeed been frequently consulted but rather with a view to avoid overlapping than to receive aid. Thus certain topics as the correspondence of German and French mathematicians, so excellently treated by Ahrens, have pur posely been omitted. The repetitions are limited to a small number of famous utterances whose absence from a work of this kind could scarcely be defended on any grounds. No one can be more keenly aware of the shortcomings of a work than its author, for none can have so intimate an acquaint ance with it...
Mathematical Perspectives
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Author : Joseph W. Dauben
language : en
Publisher: Academic Press
Release Date : 2014-05-10
Mathematical Perspectives written by Joseph W. Dauben and has been published by Academic Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-10 with Mathematics categories.
Mathematical Perspectives: Essays on Mathematics and its Historical Development is a collection of 13 biographical essays on the historical advances of science. This collection is originally meant to comprise an issue of the journal Historia Mathematica in honor of Professor Kurt R. Biermann’s 60th birthday. This 12-chapter text includes essays on studies and commentaries on the problem of “figures of equal perimeter by various authors in antiquity, including Zenodorus, Theon, and Pappus. Other essays explore the comparison of the areas of polygons with equal perimeter; the concept of function; history of mathematics; the development of mathematical physics in France; and the history of Logicism and Formalism. The remaining chapters deal with essays on an early version of Gauss’ Disquisitiones Arithmeticae, ideal numbers, a mathematical-philosophilica theory of probability, and historical examples of problem of number sequence interpolation. This book will be of value to mathematicians, historians, and researchers.
An Introduction To Mathematics
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Author : Alfred North Whitehead
language : en
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Release Date : 2017-05-04
An Introduction To Mathematics written by Alfred North Whitehead and has been published by Courier Dover Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-04 with Mathematics categories.
Concise volume for general students by prominent philosopher and mathematician explains what math is and does, and how mathematicians do it. "Lucid and cogent ... should delight you." — The New York Times. 1911 edition.
About Com Mathematics Mathematicians
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About Com Mathematics Mathematicians written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Highlights a collection of Internet resources on mathematicians, provided by About.com, Inc. Includes biographies of mathematicians and sites on women in math.
Using The Mathematics Literature
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Author : Kristine K. Fowler
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2004-05-25
Using The Mathematics Literature written by Kristine K. Fowler and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-05-25 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This reference serves as a reader-friendly guide to every basic tool and skill required in the mathematical library and helps mathematicians find resources in any format in the mathematics literature. It lists a wide range of standard texts, journals, review articles, newsgroups, and Internet and database tools for every major subfield in mathematics and details methods of access to primary literature sources of new research, applications, results, and techniques. Using the Mathematics Literature is the most comprehensive and up-to-date resource on mathematics literature in both print and electronic formats, presenting time-saving strategies for retrieval of the latest information.
Out Of The Mouths Of Mathematicians A Quotation Book For Philomaths
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Author : Rosemary Schmalz
language : en
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Release Date : 2020-08-03
Out Of The Mouths Of Mathematicians A Quotation Book For Philomaths written by Rosemary Schmalz and has been published by American Mathematical Soc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-03 with Mathematics categories.
Moritz's 'Memorabilia Mathematica' inspired this work, but this one differs in that sources are limited to mathematicians of the 20th century. Useful to researchers to facilitate a literature search, to writers who want to emphasize or substantiate a point, and to teachers, students, and other readeres who will have their appetite for the subject whetted by the 83 quotes. -- Book News, Inc.
Mathematics In Historical Context
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Author : Jeff Suzuki
language : en
Publisher: MAA
Release Date : 2009-08-27
Mathematics In Historical Context written by Jeff Suzuki and has been published by MAA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-27 with Mathematics categories.
An exploration of the interaction between mathematics, mathematicians and society. What would Newton see if he looked out his window?
New Perspectives On Mathematical Practices
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Author : Bart Van Kerkhove
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2009
New Perspectives On Mathematical Practices written by Bart Van Kerkhove and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Mathematics categories.
This volume focuses on the importance of historical enquiry for the appreciation of philosophical problems concerning mathematics. It contains a well-balanced mixture of contributions by internationally established experts, such as Jeremy Gray and Jens Hoyrup; upcoming scholars, such as Erich Reck and Dirk Schlimm; and young, promising researchers at the beginning of their careers. The book is situated within a relatively new and broadly naturalistic tradition in the philosophy of mathematics. In this alternative philosophical current, which has been dramatically growing in importance in the last few decades, unlike in the traditional schools, proper attention is paid to scientific practices as informing for philosophical accounts.
Mathematics For The Nonmathematician
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Author : Morris Kline
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2013-04-15
Mathematics For The Nonmathematician written by Morris Kline and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-15 with Mathematics categories.
Erudite and entertaining overview follows development of mathematics from ancient Greeks to present. Topics include logic and mathematics, the fundamental concept, differential calculus, probability theory, much more. Exercises and problems.
The Meaning Of Proofs
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Author : Gabriele Lolli
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2022-09-27
The Meaning Of Proofs written by Gabriele Lolli and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-27 with Mathematics categories.
Why mathematics is not merely formulaic: an argument that to write a mathematical proof is tantamount to inventing a story. In The Meaning of Proofs, mathematician Gabriele Lolli argues that to write a mathematical proof is tantamount to inventing a story. Lolli offers not instructions for how to write mathematical proofs, but a philosophical and poetic reflection on mathematical proofs as narrative. Mathematics, imprisoned within its symbols and images, Lolli writes, says nothing if its meaning is not narrated in a story. The minute mathematicians open their mouths to explain something—the meaning of x, how to find y—they are framing a narrative. Every proof is the story of an adventure, writes Lolli, a journey into an unknown land to open a new, connected route; once the road is open, we correct it, expand it. Just as fairy tales offer a narrative structure in which new characters can be inserted into recurring forms of the genre in original ways, in mathematics, each new abstract concept is the protagonist of a different theory supported by the general techniques of mathematical reasoning. In ancient Greece, there was more than an analogy between literature and mathematics, there was direct influence. Euclid’s proofs have roots in poetry and rhetoric. Mathematics, Lolli asserts, is not the mere manipulation of formulas.