Role of Mathematics in the Rise of Science /

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The central theme of these essays is the nature and role of mathematics, its growth and spread, and its involvement with ever-wider areas of knowledge. The author attempts to determine the decisive and creative aspects of the abstractness" of mathematics which have made it the dominant intellec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bochner, S. (Salomon), 1899-1982
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1981.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Science.
Mathematics.
MATHEMATICS > History & Philosophy.
MATHEMATICS > Reference.
MATHEMATICS > Pre-Calculus.
MATHEMATICS > Essays.
Sciences > Histoire.
Mathematiques > Histoire.
Science > History.
Mathematics > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER 1. From Myth to Mathematics to Knowledge
  • Chapter 2. How History of Science Differs from Other History
  • CHAPTER 3 Revolutions in Physics and Crises in Mathematics
  • Chapter 4. Aristotle's Physics and Today's Physics
  • CHAPTER 5 The Role of Mathematics in the Rise of Mechanics
  • Chapter 6. The Significance of Some Basic Mathematical Conceptions for Physics
  • Chapter 7. The Essence of Mathematics
  • CHAPTER 8 The Essence of Analysis
  • Part II. Biographical Sketches
  • Index.

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