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by F. Le Lionnais
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ISBN: 0486495787 Dover Publications Price: $55.00 |
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Years in the making, this feast of mathematical ideas comprises works by 50 eminent French scholars. The first book of the two-volume set embraces "Mathematics: Concepts and Development," with several essays each under the categories of "Structures," Disciplines," "Space," "Function," "Group," "Probability," and "The Mathematical Epic." The second volume, "Mathematics in the Arts and Sciences," comprises essays on "Mathematics and the Human Intellect," "Mathematics and Technology," and "Mathematics and Civilization." 1962 edition.
Unabridged republication of the first English translation, originally published by Dover in 1971, of the 1962 enlarged edition of Les Grands Courants de la Pensee Mathematique.
Table of Contents for Great Currents of Mathematical Thought, Vol. I.: Mathematics: Concepts and Development
| I. The Temple of Mathematics | |||||||
| 1. Structure | |||||||
| 2. Disciplines | |||||||
| II. The Mathematical Epic | |||||||
| 1. The Past | |||||||
| 2. The Present | |||||||
| 3. The Future |