An Introduction to Mathematics - Softcover

Alfred North Whitehead

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1603864407 ISBN 13: 9781603864404

Publisher: Watchmaker Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

An unabridged, unaltered edition to include: The Abstract Nature Of Mathematics - Variables - Methods Of Application - Dynamics - The Symbolism Of Mathematics - Generalizations Of Number - Imaginary Numbers - Coordinate Geometry - Conic Sections - Functions - Periodicity In Nature - Trigonometry Series - The Differential Calculus - Geometry - Quantity - Note On Books (Bibliography) - Comprehensive Index

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"Whitehead doesn't popularize or make palatable; he is simply lucid and cogent....A finely balanced mixture of knowledge and urbanity....Should delight you."--The New York Times
"Whitehead doesn't popularize or make palatable; he is simply lucid and cogent....A finely balanced mixture of knowledge and urbanity....Should delight you."--The New York Times
"Whitehead doesn't popularize or make palatable; he is simply lucid and cogent....A finely balanced mixture of knowledge and urbanity....Should delight you."--The New York Times

-Whitehead doesn't popularize or make palatable; he is simply lucid and cogent....A finely balanced mixture of knowledge and urbanity....Should delight you.---The New York Times

About the Author

An English mathematician and philosopher, Alfred North Whitehead provided the foundation for the shool of thought known as process philosophy. With an academic career that spanned from Cambridge to Harvard, Whitehead wrote extensively on mathematics, metaphysis, and philosophy. He died in Massachusetts in 1947.

Edition details

• Publisher: Watchmaker Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1603864407
• ISBN 13: 9781603864404
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256