Author: Morris Kline
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190281138
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 512

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This book gives a remarkably fine account of the influences mathematics has exerted on the development of philosophy, the physical sciences, religion, and the arts in Western life.

Author: Morris Kline
Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 543

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Author: Helaine Selin
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401143013
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 489

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Mathematics Across Cultures: A History of Non-Western Mathematics consists of essays dealing with the mathematical knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside the United States and Europe. In addition to articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, Native American, Aboriginal Australian, Inca, Egyptian, and African mathematics, among others, the book includes essays on Rationality, Logic and Mathematics, and the transfer of knowledge from East to West. The essays address the connections between science and culture and relate the mathematical practices to the cultures which produced them. Each essay is well illustrated and contains an extensive bibliography. Because the geographic range is global, the book fills a gap in both the history of science and in cultural studies. It should find a place on the bookshelves of advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars, as well as in libraries serving those groups.

Author: Morris Kline
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 484

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Author: Morris Kline
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195345452
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 513

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This book gives a remarkably fine account of the influences mathematics has exerted on the development of philosophy, the physical sciences, religion, and the arts in Western life.

Author: Morris Kline
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486136310
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 514

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Stimulating account of development of mathematics from arithmetic, algebra, geometry and trigonometry, to calculus, differential equations, and non-Euclidean geometries. Also describes how math is used in optics, astronomy, and other phenomena.

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ISBN: 0691120226
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Author: Jessica K. Sklar
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786489944
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 355

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Mathematics has maintained a surprising presence in popular media for over a century. In recent years, the movies Good Will Hunting, A Beautiful Mind, and Stand and Deliver, the stage plays Breaking the Code and Proof, the novella Flatland and the hugely successful television crime series NUMB3RS all weave mathematics prominently into their storylines. Less obvious but pivotal references to the subject appear in the blockbuster TV show Lost, the cult movie The Princess Bride, and even Tolstoy's War and Peace. In this collection of new essays, contributors consider the role of math in everything from films, baseball, crossword puzzles, fantasy role-playing games, and television shows to science fiction tales, award-winning plays and classic works of literature. Revealing the broad range of intersections between mathematics and mainstream culture, this collection demonstrates that even "mass entertainment" can have a hidden depth.

Author: Morris Kline
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781435108479
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Morris Kline
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486316130
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 672

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Erudite and entertaining overview follows development of mathematics from ancient Greeks to present. Topics include logic and mathematics, the fundamental concept, differential calculus, probability theory, much more. Exercises and problems.