The Art of the Intelligible
Subtitle: An Elementary Survey of Mathematics in its Conceptual Development (The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: October 31, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780792359722
Subjects: Philosophy Of Science; Philosophy of mathematics; Mathematics; History Of Mathematics; Science/Mathematics; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Algebra - General; General; Geometry - General; Mathematics / Algebra / General; Mathematics : Geometry - General; Philosophy : General; Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects; History & Philosophy; History
First sentence: FOR CENTURIES MATHEMATICS WAS DEFINED as "the science of number and magnitude", and while this definition cannot nowadays be taken as adequate, it does, nevertheless, reflect the origins of mathematics with reasonable fidelity.