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Cohen Daniel J (Daniel Jared), <1968-> |
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Equations from God [[electronic resource] ] : pure mathematics and Victorian faith / / Daniel J. Cohen |
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Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007 |
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0-8018-9186-8 |
1-4356-9255-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (255 p.) |
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Collana |
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Johns Hopkins studies in the history of mathematics |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Religion and science |
Mathematics |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-234) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION: The Allure of Pure Mathematics in the Victorian Age; CHAPTER ONE: Heavenly Symbols: Sources of Victorian Mathematical Idealism; CHAPTER TWO: God and Math at Harvard: Benjamin Peirce and the Divinity of Mathematics; CHAPTER THREE: George Boole and the Genesis of Symbolic Logic; CHAPTER FOUR: Augustus De Morgan and the Logic of Relations; CHAPTER FIVE: Earthly Calculations: Mathematics and Professionalism in the Late Nineteenth Century; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
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