David Hilbert and the Axiomatization of Physics (1898-1918): From Grundlagen der Geometrie to Grundlagen der Physik (Archimedes)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: December 21, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 513
ISBN-13: 9781402027772
Subjects: History of mathematics; Physics; Science; Science/Mathematics; General; History & Philosophy; Hilbert, David; Mathematics-History & Philosophy; Philosophy-General; Science / Physics; Mathematical Physics; Biographies; Biography; Mathematicians; Mathematische fysica; Mathâematiciens; gtt
First sentence: Hilbert's first published, comprehensive presentation of an axiomatized mathematical discipline appeared in June of 1899, in the epoch-making Grundlagen der Geometrie (GdG).