Mark Steiner is Professor of Philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

The book is clear despite its often technical subject matter, and the main theses are well argued for. It's packed with interesting examples from physics—particularly quantum mechanics…[and] is a valuable addition to the philosophy of science and philosophy of mathematics literature. It presents a rigorous and detailed presentation of a puzzle that I believe is crying out for attention.

• The semantic applicability of mathematics - Frege's achievements; the descriptive applicability of mathematics; mathematics, analogies and discovery in physics; Pythagorean analogies in physics; formalisms and formalist reasoning in quantum mechanics; formalist reasoning - the mystery of quantization; appendix - a "nonphysical" derivation of quantum mechanics; appendix - nucleon-pion scattering; appendix -nonrelativistic Schroedinger equation with spin.

Mark Steiner is Professor of Philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

The book is clear despite its often technical subject matter, and the main theses are well argued for. It's packed with interesting examples from physics—particularly quantum mechanics…[and] is a valuable addition to the philosophy of science and philosophy of mathematics literature. It presents a rigorous and detailed presentation of a puzzle that I believe is crying out for attention.

• The semantic applicability of mathematics - Frege's achievements; the descriptive applicability of mathematics; mathematics, analogies and discovery in physics; Pythagorean analogies in physics; formalisms and formalist reasoning in quantum mechanics; formalist reasoning - the mystery of quantization; appendix - a "nonphysical" derivation of quantum mechanics; appendix - nucleon-pion scattering; appendix -nonrelativistic Schroedinger equation with spin.

Mark Steiner is Professor of Philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

The book is clear despite its often technical subject matter, and the main theses are well argued for. It's packed with interesting examples from physics—particularly quantum mechanics…[and] is a valuable addition to the philosophy of science and philosophy of mathematics literature. It presents a rigorous and detailed presentation of a puzzle that I believe is crying out for attention.

• The semantic applicability of mathematics - Frege's achievements; the descriptive applicability of mathematics; mathematics, analogies and discovery in physics; Pythagorean analogies in physics; formalisms and formalist reasoning in quantum mechanics; formalist reasoning - the mystery of quantization; appendix - a "nonphysical" derivation of quantum mechanics; appendix - nucleon-pion scattering; appendix -nonrelativistic Schroedinger equation with spin.