Musings of the masters
Subtitle: an anthology of mathematical reflections
By: edited by Raymond G. Ayoub.
Contributors: Ayoub, Raymond George, 1923-
Series: Spectrum series; MAA spectrum
Publisher: Mathematical Association of America
Published: 2004
Place of publication: [Washington, DC?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
Subjects: Mathematics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-272) and index.
Table of contents: title: Mathematics and the intellect. Mathematics and thinking mathematically / Mary Cartwright; title: Mathematical invention / Henri Poincaré; title: Thoughts on the heuristic method / Jacques Hadamard; title: Mathematical proof / G.H. Hardy; title: The unity of knowledge / Hermann Weyl; title: Mathematics and human understanding. Mathematics and the arts / Marston Morse; title: Intuition, reason and faith in science / George David Birkhoff; title: Logic and the understanding of nature / David Hilbert; title: The cultural basis of mathematics / Raymond Wilder; title: Mathematics and society. Presidential address to the British Association / J.J. Sylvester; title: The mathematician / John von Neumann; title: The community of scholars / André Lichnerowicz; title: History of mathematics: why and how / André Weil; title: Miscellaneous. Does God exist? / Paul Lévy; title: Goethe and mathematics / Wilhelm Maak; title: Leonardo and mathematics / Francesco Severi; title: The highest good / Norbert Wiener.