Mathematics and the Search for Knowledge - Couverture rigide

Kline, Morris

 
9780195035339: Mathematics and the Search for Knowledge

Synopsis

Morris Kline is that rare scientist with the ability to convey the complexity and richness of his specialty in terms the general reader can appreciate. In this book, he provides a provocative and lucid account of how mathematics has been used as a powerful instrument in our exploration of the physical world. Kline probes the world of mathematics from the days of the Greeks to the present day, illuminating the inner workings of the science that enables us to penetrate the secrets of our world's natural phenomena

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ISBN 10 :  0195042301 ISBN 13 :  9780195042306
Editeur : Oxford University Press USA, 1986
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