MATHEMATICS AND LOGIC

Kac, Mark; Ulam, Stanislaw M.

ISBN 10: 0486670856 / ISBN 13: 9780486670850

Verlag: Dover, New York, NY, 1992

Beschreibung

BRAND NEW Copy. Dover reprint of work first published in 1968. Treatise on mathematics; a historical survey, high points and trenchant influences. 4 chapters follow Introduction. Chapter 1, Examples; 2, Themes, Trends, & Syntheses; 3, Relations to Other Disciplines; and, 4, Summary & Outlook. Fine copy.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 004852

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: MATHEMATICS AND LOGIC
• Verlag: Dover, New York, NY
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1992
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0486670856
• ISBN-13: 9780486670850
• Einband: Soft cover
• Auflage: Reprint
• Zustand: New
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: None as Issued
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Mathematics, Arithmetic, Numbers
  • History

Über diesen Titel

Inhaltsangabe

Fascinating study considers the origins and nature of mathematics, its development and role in the history of scientific thinking, impact of high-speed computers, 20th-century changes in the foundations of mathematics and mathematical logic, mathematization of science and technology, much more. Compelling reading for anyone interested in the evolution of mathematical thought. Includes 34 illustrations. 1968 edition.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Mark Kac was a distinguished mathematician formerly of the Rockefeller Institute and Cornell University. Stanislaw M. Ulam was a well-known nuclear scientist and mathematician who worked on the Manhattan Project and taught at Harvard University and the Universities of Wisconsin and Colorado.