Foundations of Logic and Mathematics
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Birkhäuser Boston
Published: November 26, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9780817642495
Subjects: Mathematical logic; Mathematics; Mathematical And Symbolic Logic; Science/Mathematics; Set Theory; Number Theory; Applied; Logic; Mathematics / Logic; Mathematics : Applied; Mathematics : Number Theory; Computer science; Logic, Symbolic and mathematic; Logic, Symbolic and mathematical
First sentence: Uses of mathematics and logical reasoning can be traced back through several millennia to ancient civilizations in Babylonia, China, and India. Documents attributed to them show methods to calculate such items as taxes, the dimensions of altars, and the dates of future solstices or eclipses.