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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. The Art of the Intelligible | An Elementary Survey of Mathematics in its Conceptual Development | J. Bell | Taschenbuch | xi | Englisch | 2001 | Springer | EAN 9781402000072 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

Zustand: New. Provides a survey, at the elementary level, of some of the important concepts of mathematics. This book pays attention to their technical features, historical development and broader philosophical significance. It discusses the various branches of mathematics and emphasizes their interdependence. Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 830. . 2001. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - A compact survey, at the elementary level, of some of the most important concepts of mathematics. Attention is paid to their technical features, historical development and broader philosophical significance. Each of the various branches of mathematics is discussed separately, but their interdependence is emphasised throughout. Certain topics - such as Greek mathematics, abstract algebra, set theory, geometry and the philosophy of mathematics - are discussed in detail. Appendices outline from scratch the proofs of two of the most celebrated limitative results of mathematics: the insolubility of the problem of doubling the cube and trisecting an arbitrary angle, and the Gödel incompleteness theorems. Additional appendices contain brief accounts of smooth infinitesimal analysis - a new approach to the use of infinitesimals in the calculus - and of the philosophical thought of the great 20th century mathematician Hermann Weyl. Readership: Students and teachers of mathematics, science and philosophy. The greater part of the book can be read and enjoyed by anyone possessing a good high school mathematics background.