num_pages: 521
description: The legacy of one of the world's leading mathematicians and mathematical writers, What is Mathematics? has long been valued as a classic survey of the whole field of math. What is Mathematics? is now available for the first time in a paperback edition. Praise for the Original Edition: “A lucid representation of the fundamental concepts and methods of the whole field of mathematics. It is an easily understandable introduction for the layman and helps to give the mathematical student a general view of the basic principles and methods.”Albert Einstein“Without doubt, the work will have great influence. It should be in the hands of everyone, professional and otherwise, who is interested in scientific thinking”The New York Times“A work of extraordinary perfection.”Mathematical Reviews“It contains an excellent selection of material for students who have no desire to develop mathematical skills but who may be willing to look briefly into this field of intellectual activity…”Journal of Applied Physics“This book is a work of art.” Marston Morse“This is not a book in philosophy; but there are probably few philosophers can not gain instruction and clarification from it. It succeeds brilliantly in conveying the intellectual excitement of mathematical inquiry and in communicating the essential ideas and methods.”Journal of Philosophy“It is a work of high perfection, whether judged by aesthetic, pedagogical or scientific standards. It is astonishing to what extent What is Mathematics? has succeeded in making clear by means of the simplest examples all the fundamental ideas and methods which we mathematicians consider the life blood of our science.”Herman WeylThe late Richard Courant, who taught in Germany and at Cambridge, headed the Department of Mathematics at New York University and was Director of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences—which has subsequently been renamed the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. His book Mathematical Physics is familiar to every physicist, and his book on Differential and Integral Calculus is acknowledged to be one of the best presentations of the subject written in modern times.
language: English
title: What Is Mathematics: An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods
titlecomplete: What Is Mathematics: An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods
genres: Textbooks, Education, Technical, Science, Reference, Philosophy, Nonfiction, Popular Science, Mathematics, Unfinished
ratings_count: 1952
publisher: Oxford University Press