Role of Mathematics in the Rise of Science (Princeton Legacy Library)

Bochner, Salomon

ISBN 10: 0691023719 / ISBN 13: 9780691023717

Published by Princeton University Press, 1981

Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Seller Inventory # W06L-00436

Synopsis:

The central theme of these essays is the nature and role of mathematics, its growth and spread, and its involvement with ever-wider areas of knowledge. The author attempts to determine the decisive and creative aspects of the abstractness" of mathematics which have made it the dominant intellectual force that it is. He frequently confronts the mathematics and physics of today with the mathematics and physics of the Greeks, which, however renowned, was not yet capable of this abstractness.

Originally published in 1966.

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Role of Mathematics in the Rise of Science (...
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Date: 1981
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good