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Pages: 286
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The seventeenth century saw dramatic advances in mathematical theory and practice. With the recovery of many of the classical Greek mathematical texts, new tech
The Philosophy of Mathematical Practice
Language: en
Pages: 460
Authors: Paolo Mancosu
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-06-19 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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There is an urgent need in philosophy of mathematics for new approaches which pay closer attention to mathematical practice. This book will blaze the trail: it
The Language of Nature
Language: en
Pages: 333
Authors: Geoffrey Gorham
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-06-15 - Publisher: U of Minnesota Press

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Galileo’s dictum that the book of nature “is written in the language of mathematics” is emblematic of the accepted view that the scientific revolution hin
Mathematics in Kant's Critical Philosophy
Language: en
Pages: 249
Authors: Lisa Shabel
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-09-25 - Publisher: Routledge

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Imagined Civilizations
Language: en
Pages: 385
Authors: Roger Hart
Categories: Mathematics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-08-15 - Publisher: JHU Press

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Roger Hart debunks the long-held belief that linear algebra developed independently in the West. Accounts of the seventeenth-century Jesuit Mission to China hav