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11 produkter
The Mathematical Experience: A National Book Award Winner
Av Phillip J. Davis, Reuben Hersh
Häftad, 1999
267 kr
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What Is Mathematics, Really?
Av Reuben Hersh
E-bok, 1997
147 kr
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Most philosophers of mathematics treat it as isolated, timeless, ahistorical, inhuman. Reuben Hersh argues the contrary, that mathematics must be understood as a human activity, a social phenomenon, part of human culture, historically evolved, and intelligible only in a social context. Hersh pulls …
18 Unconventional Essays on the Nature of Mathematics
Av Reuben Hersh
Häftad, 2005
1096 kr
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This book comes from the Internet. Browsing the Web, I stumbled on philosophers, cognitive scientists, sociologists, computer scientists, even mathematicians!—saying original, provocative things about mathematics. And many of these people had probably never heard of each other! So I have collected …
18 Unconventional Essays on the Nature of Mathematics
Av Reuben Hersh
E-bok, 2006
1459 kr
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This book comes from the Internet. Browsing the Web, I stumbled on philosophers, cognitive scientists, sociologists, computer scientists, even mathematicians!—saying original, provocative things about mathematics. And many of these people had probably never heard of each other! So I have collected …
Loving and Hating Mathematics
Challenging the Myths of Mathematical Life
Av Reuben Hersh, Vera John-Steiner
Inbunden, 2011
263 kr
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Mathematics is often thought of as the coldest expression of pure reason. But few subjects provoke hotter emotions--and inspire more love and hatred--than mathematics. And although math is frequently idealized as floating above the messiness of human life, its story is nothing if not human; often, …
Mathematical Experience, Study Edition
Av Philip Davis, Reuben Hersh m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
769 kr
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Winner of the 1983 National Book Award!"…a perfectly marvelous book about the Queen of Sciences, from which one will get a real feeling for what mathematicians do and who they are. The exposition is clear and full of wit and humor..." - The New Yorker (1983 National Book Award edition)Mathematics …
Mathematical Experience, Study Edition
Av Elena Anne Marchisotto, Reuben Hersh m. fl.
E-bok, 2011
897 kr
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Winner of the 1983 National Book Award! "…a perfectly marvelous book about the Queen of Sciences, from which one will get a real feeling for what mathematicians do and who they are. The exposition is clear and full of wit and humor..." - The New Yorker (1983 National Book Award edition) Mathematics …
Experiencing Mathematics
What Do We Do, When We Do Mathematics?
Av Reuben Hersh
Häftad, 2014
594 kr
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Most mathematicians, when asked about the nature and meaning of mathematics, vacillate between the two unrealistic poles of Platonism and formalism. By looking carefully at what mathematicians really do when they are doing mathematics, Reuben Hersh offers an escape from this trap. This book of …
Loving and Hating Mathematics
Challenging the Myths of Mathematical Life
Av Vera John-Steiner, Reuben Hersh
E-bok, 2010
357 kr
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An exploration of the hidden human, emotional, and social dimensions of mathematics Mathematics is often thought of as the coldest expression of pure reason. But few subjects provoke hotter emotions—and inspire more love and hatred—than mathematics. And although math is frequently idealized as …
Companion Guide to the Mathematical Experience
Study Edition
Av Elena A. Marchisotto, Reuben Hersh m. fl.
E-bok, 2013
1140 kr
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