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Mathematics, the loss of certainty

By Morris Kline

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
1982
ISBN
9780195030853, 0195030850
LCC
QA21
Open Library ID
OL14959064M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
3 MB (3374589 bytes)
Series
Galaxy Books
Pages
374\374
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
300
Scanned
yes
Time added
2009-12-04 00:34:26

Description

This work stresses the illogical manner in which mathematics has developed, the question of applied mathematics as against 'pure' mathematics, and the challenges to the consistency of mathematics' logical structure that have occurred in the twentieth century.

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