Product details

Art.No:

102901

Author / Artist:

DAVIS, Philip J. and Reuben Hersh

Title:

Subtitles / Reproduction:

Keyword:

Philosophie, Mathematik , Naturwissenschaft

Binding / Picture Size:

Broschur

Publisher:

Penguin

Place of publishing:

London

Year of publication:

1988

Book Details / Size:

Gr.8°, XVII, 321 S.

Condition:

Tadell.

Description:

Rationalist philosopher and mathematician René Descartes visualized a world unified by mathematics, in which all intellectual issues could be resolved rationally by local computation. This series of provocative essays takes a modern look at the seventeenth-century thinker's dream, examining the physical and intellectual influences of mathematics on society, particularly in light of technological advances. These essays survey the conditions of civilization that elicit the application of mathematic principles; the effectiveness of these applications; situations in which the applications are beneficial, dangerous, or irrelevant; and how applied mathematics constrain lives and transform perceptions of reality. Highly suitable for browsing, the essays require different levels of mathematical knowledge that range from popular to professional.Philip J. Davisis Professor Emeritus, Division of Applied Mathematics, Brown University. Reuben Hershis Professor Emeritus, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. Dieses Buch befindet sich in unserem Aussenlager; sollten Sie dieses im Laden abholen wollen, bitten wir Sie um vorgängige Nachricht.