[PDF.53hy] What Is a Number?: Mathematical Concepts and Their Origins

What Is a Number?: Mathematical Concepts and Their Origins

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 | #2869659 in Books |  Johns Hopkins University Press |  2008-12-22 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x.77 x6.00l,.95 | File type: PDF | 320 pages

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||5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| Mathematics is a Humanity|By disheveledprofessor|In the preface to What is a Number? Mathematical Concepts and Their Origins, author Robert Tubbs writes , "This book offers an examination of a few mathematical concepts .. and of the roles they have playing in our continuing attempts to understand the cosmos and our place in it." The broad concepts he discusses include number| ||"A very unusual book!... Every chapter offers a refreshing wealth of surprising connections, gently nudging readers to expand and assimilate their growing understanding of mathematics and its role in society... Highly recommended." (Choice)

Mathematics often seems incomprehensible, a melee of strange symbols thrown down on a page. But while formulae, theorems, and proofs can involve highly complex concepts, the math becomes transparent when viewed as part of a bigger picture. What Is a Number? provides that picture.

Robert Tubbs examines how mathematical concepts like number, geometric truth, infinity, and proof have been employed by artists, theologians, philosophers, writers, and cosmolog...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.What Is a Number?: Mathematical Concepts and Their Origins   |  Robert Tubbs. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.

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