Mathematics and the real world
Subtitle: the remarkable role of evolution in the making of mathematics
By: Zvi Artstein ; translated from Hebrew by Alan Hercberg
Contributors: Hercberg, Alan, translator
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 426
ISBN-13: 9781616140915
Subjects: Mathematics; Philosophy
Work titles: Hakesher hamatemati
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-416) and indexes.

Translation of: Hakesher hamatemati : hamatematika shell hateva, hateva shell hamatematika ve-hazika la-evolutzia.
Table of contents: title: Evolution, mathematics, and the evolution of mathematics; title: Mathematics and the Greeks' view of the world; title: Mathematics and the view of the world in early modern times; title: Mathematics and the modern view of the world; title: The mathematics of randomness; title: The mathematics of human behavior; title: computations and computers; title: Is there really no doubt?; title: The nature of research in mathematics; title: Why is teaching and learning mathematics so hard?