An edition of Great feuds in mathematics (2006)

Great feuds in mathematics

ten of the liveliest disputes ever

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An edition of Great feuds in mathematics (2006)

Great feuds in mathematics

ten of the liveliest disputes ever

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John Wiley & Sons
Language
English
Pages
250

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Table of Contents

Tartaglia versus Cardano. Solving cubic equations
Descartes versus Fermat. Analytic geometry and optics
Newton versus Leibniz. Credit for the calculus
Bernoulli versus Bernoulli. Sibling rivalry of the highest order
Sylvester versus Huxley. Ivory tower or real world?
Kronecker versus Cantor. Mathematical insanity
Borel versus Zermelo. The "notorious axiom"
Poincar versus Russell. The logical foundations of mathematics
Hilbert versus Brouwer. Formalism versus intuitionism
Absolutists/platonists versus fallibilists/constructionists. Are mathematical advances discoveries or inventions?

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Hoboken, N.J

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
510
Library of Congress
QA21 .H45 2006, QA21.H45 2006

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
250

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3415704M
Internet Archive
greatfeudsmathem00hell
ISBN 10
0471648779
LCCN
2005031916
OCLC/WorldCat
62281940
Library Thing
2386181
Goodreads
754196

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