Musings of the masters : an anthology of mathematical reflections / ed. by Raymond G. Ayoub

Englisch

Washington, DC : Mathematical Association of America, 2004

XVI, 277 S. : Ill.

2004104239

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0-88385-549-6

2004104239

pt. 1. Mathematics and the intellect. Mathematics and thinking mathematically / Mary Cartwright

Mathematical invention / Henri Poincaré

Thoughts on the heuristic method / Jacques Hadamard

Mathematical proof / G.H. Hardy

The unity of knowledge / Hermann Weyl

pt. 2. Mathematics and human understanding. Mathematics and the arts / Marston Morse

Intuition, reason and faith in science / George David Birkhoff

Logic and the understanding of nature / David Hilbert

The cultural basis of mathematics / Raymond Wilder

pt. 3. Mathematics and society. Presidential address to the British Association / J.J. Sylvester

The mathematician / John von Neumann

The community of scholars / André Lichnerowicz

History of mathematics: why and how / André Weil

pt. 4. Miscellaneous. Does God exist? / Paul Lévy

Goethe and mathematics / Wilhelm Maak

Leonardo and mathematics / Francesco Severi

The highest good / Norbert Wiener.

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*Mathematik / Auswirkung

*Mathematics -- Miscellanea ; Mathematics

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: QA7

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 510

Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation: SN 100: SA-SP Mathematik / SN Populäre Mathematik, Unterhaltungsmathematik, mathematische Spiele, Schach / Populäre Mathematik, Mathematik für Nichtmathematiker

Mathematics Subject Classification: *00B60

Mathematics Subject Classification: 01A05

Mathematics Subject Classification: 01A65

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