num_pages: 384
description: Most intelligent people today still believe that mathematics is a body of unshakable truths about the physical world and that mathematical reasoning is exact and infallible. Mathematics: The Loss of Certainty refutes that myth.
language: English
title: Mathematics: The Loss of Certainty
titlecomplete: Mathematics: The Loss of Certainty
genres: Philosophy, Logic, Science, Nonfiction, Physics, Computer Science, Popular Science, Classics, Mathematics, History
ratings_count: 485
awards: awardedAt: 410256000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Science (Paperback)
publisher: Oxford University Press