Mathematics: Queen and Servant of Science - Hardcover

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Physical description; [437 p.]. 1966 reprint. Notes; "This book is a thorough revision and amplification of two earlier volumes by the same author: The queen of the sciences, 1931 ... and The handmaiden of the sciences, 1937." -To the reader. Contents; Ch. 1. Points of view - ch. 2. Mathematical truth - ch. 3. Breaking grounds - ch. 4. "The same, yet not the same" - ch. 5. The art of abstraction - ch. 6. Oaks from acorns - ch. 7. Pictorial thinking - ch. 8. landmarks old and new - ch. 9. Groups - ch. 10. A metrical universe - ch. 11. The queen of mathematics - ch. 12. Abstraction and prediction - ch. 13. From Cyzicus to Neptune - ch. 14. Two kinds of picture - ch. 15. The chief instrument of applied mathematics - ch. 16. Further calculus - ch. 17. Waves and vibrations - ch. 18. Choice and chance - ch. 19. "Storming the heavens" - ch. 20. Bedrock. Subjects; Mathematics - History. Mathematics.

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