What Is Mathematics, Really? - Softcover

Hersh, Reuben

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195130871 ISBN 13: 9780195130874

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1999

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What Is Mathematics, Really?

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In What Is Mathematics, Really?, author Reuben Hersh proposes a philosophy of mathematics that he calls "humanism" and uses this philosophy to analyze age- old questions of proof, certainty and invention versus discovery. He also surveys the history of the philosophy of mathematics. Readers of all levels of mathematical experience will be stimulated by the fascinating and perspicacious discussions Hersh has to offer.

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"Hersh has a talent for exposition that makes me wish he had written most of the books on math Ive had to read....[His] fascinating...book should prove an enlightening and entertaining read for anyone who desires greater insight into the nature of the pursuit of fundamental knowledge."--Physics
Today
"Hersh has a talent for exposition that makes me wish he had written most of the books on math Ive had to read....[His] fascinating...book should prove an enlightening and entertaining read for anyone who desires greater insight into the nature of the pursuit of fundamental knowledge."--Physics
Today
"Hersh has a talent for exposition that makes me wish he had written most of the books on math Ive had to read....[His] fascinating...book should prove an enlightening and entertaining read for anyone who desires greater insight into the nature of the pursuit of fundamental knowledge."--Physics Today
"Hersh has a talent for exposition that makes me wish he had written most of the books on math Ive had to read....[His] fascinating...book should prove an enlightening and entertaining read for anyone who desires greater insight into the nature of the pursuit of fundamental knowledge."--Physics Today

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0195130871
• ISBN 13: 9780195130874
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 370