1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452013503321

Titolo

From Kant to Hilbert [[electronic resource] ] : a source book in the foundations of mathematics . Volume 1 / / [compiled by] William Ewald

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Clarendon Press

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999

ISBN

1-281-76998-3

9786611769987

0-19-152309-7

1-4356-0965-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (695 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

EwaldWilliam Bragg <1925->

Disciplina

510.1

510/.1

Soggetti

Mathematics - Philosophy

Mathematics - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 1996.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Copyright Permissions; Introduction; 1. GEORGE BERKELEY (1685-1753); 2. COLIN MACLAURIN (1698-1746); 3. JEAN LEROND D'ALEMBERT (1717-1783); 4. IMMANUEL KANT (1724-1804); 5. JOHANN HEINRICH LAMBERT (1728-1777); 6. BERNARD BOLZANO (1781-1848); 7. CARL FRIEDRICH GAUSS (1777-1855); 8. DUNCAN GREGORY (1813-1844); 9. AUGUSTUS DE MORGAN (1806-1871); 10. WILLIAM ROWAN HAMILTON (1805-1865); 11. GEORGE BOOLE (1815-1864); 12. JAMES JOSEPH SYLVESTER (1814-1897); 13. WILLIAM KINGDON CLIFFORD (1845-1879); 14. ARTHUR CAYLEY (1821-1895); 15. CHARLES SANDERS PEIRCE (1839-1914); References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This two-volume work brings together a comprehensive selection of mathematical works from the period 1707-1930. During this time the foundations of modern mathematics were laid, and From Kant to Hilbert provides an overview of the foundational work in each of the main branches of mathmeatics with narratives showing how they were linked. Now available as a separate volume. - ;Immanuel Kant's Critique



of Pure Reason is widely taken to be the starting point of the modern period of mathematics while David Hilbert was the last great mainstream mathematician to pursue important nineteenth cnetury id

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910148768403321

Autore

Bradford Barbara Taylor <1933->

Titolo

Dangerous to Know : A Compelling Story of Old Loves, Old Secrets

Pubbl/distr/stampa

HarperCollins UK

ISBN

0-00-750005-X

Disciplina

813.5/4

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Musica

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

A compelling story of old loves and old secrets...Sebastian, the fifty-six-year-old patriarch of the Locke clan, is handsome, charismatic, a man of immense charm and intelligence. He heads up the philanthropic Locke Foundation, funded by the vast family fortune built by his forefathers. Committed to relieving the suffering of those in genuine need, Locke travels the globe, personally giving away millions a year to the poor, the sick, and the victims of natural disasters and wars. He is seen as a beacon of light in today's darkly violent world. That is why the police are so baffled when Sebastian is found dead in mysterious circumstances. Has he been murdered, and if so who would want to kill the world's greatest philanthropist? Could such an upstanding man have enemies?Vivienne Trent, an American journalist, met Locke as a child, married him, divorced him, but stayed close to him. Aware that there was another side to this engimatic man, she sets out to find the truth about his death and about Locke himself.



3.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00152536

Autore

PHILLIPSON, David W.

Titolo

Archaeology at Aksum, 1993-7 / David W. Phillipson ; with the principal assistance of Jacke Phillips

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : The British Institute in Eastern Africa, 2000

ISBN

18-7256-613-8

Descrizione fisica

2 v. : ill. ; 31 cm

Disciplina

963.501

Soggetti

AXUM (Regno)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia