| Description |
xvi, 277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Spectrum series |
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MAA spectrum.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-272) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Subject |
Mathematics.
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| Added Author |
Ayoub, Raymond George, 1923-
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| ISBN |
0883855496 |
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