ISBN: 0486627241
Godina izdanja: 1971
Jezik: Engleski
Oblast: Matematika
Autor: Strani

François Le Lionnais (editor) - Great Currents of Mathematical Thought (Vol. 2-Mathematics in the Arts and Sciences)
Dover Publications, 1971
266 str.
meki povez
stanje: dobro-

translated by Charles Pinter and Helen Kline

Years in the making, this feast of mathematical ideas comprises works by 50 eminent French scholars. Dover Publications commissioned four translators to bring this monumental 1962 publication to readers of English. This, the second of a two-volume set, embraces `Mathematics in the Arts and Sciences,` with essays on `Mathematics and the Human Intellect,` `Mathematics and Technology,` and `Mathematics and Civilization.` Anyone who takes pleasure in the beauty of ideas will find this a work of boundless riches; no special mathematical training is required. Contents include Jean Ullmo`s philosophical essay, Is Mathematics by Nature Incapable of Describing Real Change?; Paul Laberenne`s Mathematics and Marxism; Mathematics in Industry by Michel Luntz; and Le Corbusier`s Architecture and the Mathematical Spirit. Here are vistas of thought, imagination, and beauty undreamt of by those who regard mathematics merely as a useful tool or a limited specialty -- including insights even for those who specialize in mathematics.


Nonfiction, Mathematics, 0486627241