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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458125303321

Titolo

From Kant to Hilbert [[electronic resource] ] : a source book in the foundations of mathematics . Volume 2 / / [compiled by] William Ewald

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Clarendon Press

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

1-282-36565-7

9786612365652

0-19-152310-0

1-4356-0966-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (709 p.)

Collana

Oxford science publications

Altri autori (Persone)

EwaldWilliam Bragg <1925->

Disciplina

510/.1

Soggetti

Mathematics - Philosophy

Mathematicians

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 16. GEORG FRIEDRICH BERNHARD RIEMANN (1826-1866); 17. HERMANN VON HELMHOLTZ (1821-1894); 18. JULIUS WILHELM RICHARD DEDEKIND (1831-1916); 19. GEORG CANTOR (1845-1918); 20. LEOPOLD KRONECKER (1823-1891); 21. CHRISTIAN FELIX KLEIN (1849-1925); 22. JULES HENRI POINCARÉ (1854-1912); 23. THE FRENCH ANALYSTS; 24. DAVID HILBERT (1862-1943); 25. LUITZEN EGBERTUS JEAN BROUWER (1881-1966); 26. ERNST ZERMELO (1871-1953); 27. GODFREY HAROLD HARDY (1877-1947); 28. NICOLAUS BOURBAKI; Bibliography; 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