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Equations from God : pure mathematics and Victorian faith /
Using an array of published and private sources, Cohen shows how philosophers and mathematicians seized upon the beautiful simplicity inherent in mathematical laws to reconnect with the divine and traces the route by which the divinely inspired mathematics of the Victorian era begot later secular ph...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Md. :
Johns Hopkins Univ. Press,
©2007.
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| Series: | Johns Hopkins studies in the history of mathematics.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | Using an array of published and private sources, Cohen shows how philosophers and mathematicians seized upon the beautiful simplicity inherent in mathematical laws to reconnect with the divine and traces the route by which the divinely inspired mathematics of the Victorian era begot later secular philosophies. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 242 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-234) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781435692558 1435692551 9780801891861 0801891868 |