Mathematics
Subtitle: inaugural address ... on the nature, language and uses of mathematical science.
Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
Published: December 20, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 38
ISBN-13: 9781418195878
Subjects: History / United States / General
First sentence: THE first, and surely the most difficult duty assigned to me by the Board of Trustees, is that of explaining to a popular audience the nature of Mathematical Science-the forms of its language-its uses as a means of mental training and development-its value as the true basis of the practical-the sources of knowledge which it opens to the mind and the place which it should occupy in a justly balanced system of Collegiate instruction.