LEADER 03450nam 2200541 450 001 9910809109903321 005 20230923095306.0 010 $a0-271-09471-0 024 7 $a10.1515/9780271094717 035 $a(CKB)26781378300041 035 $a(DE-B1597)651537 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780271094717 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30729070 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30729070 035 $a(EXLCZ)9926781378300041 100 $a20230923d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Evolution of Mathematics $eA Rhetorical Approach /$fG. Mitchell Reyes 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aUniversity Park, PA :$cThe Pennsylvania State University Press,$d[2022] 210 4$dİ2022 215 $a1 online resource (202 p.) 225 1 $aRSA Series in Transdisciplinary Rhetoric Series 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction: Stranger Relations -- $t1 Plato?s Mythos of Mathematics -- $t2 Imbrications: Mathematics as a Translative Rhetorical Force -- $t3 Transgressing the Limit: Invention, the Calculus, and the Rhetorical Force of the Infinitesimal -- $t4 How Imaginaries Became Real -- $t5 Algorithmic Culture and Economies of Translation -- $t6 Implications: Translative Rhetoric Revisited -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aThere is a growing awareness among researchers in the humanities and social sciences of the rhetorical force of mathematical discourse?whether in regard to gerrymandering, facial recognition technologies, or racial biases in algorithmic automation. This book proposes a novel way to engage with and understand mathematics via a theoretical framework that highlights how math transforms the social-material world.In this study, G. Mitchell Reyes applies contemporary rhetorical analysis to mathematical discourse, calling into question the commonly held view that math equals truth. Examining mathematics in historical context, Reyes traces its development from Plato?s teaching about abstract numbers to Euclidian geometry and the emergence of calculus and infinitesimals, imaginary numbers, and algorithms. This history reveals that mathematical innovation has always relied on rhetorical practices of making meaning, such as analogy, metaphor, and invention. Far from expressing truth hidden deep in reality, mathematics is dynamic and evolving, shaping reality and our experience of it.By bringing mathematics back down to the material-social world, Reyes makes it possible for scholars of the rhetoric and sociology of science, technology, and math to collaborate with mathematicians themselves in order to better understand our material world and public culture. 410 0$aRSA series in transdisciplinary rhetoric. 606 $aAlgorithms 606 $aCalculus 606 $aMathematics$xSocial aspects 606 $aRhetoric$xSocial aspects 615 0$aAlgorithms. 615 0$aCalculus. 615 0$aMathematics$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aRhetoric$xSocial aspects. 676 $a510 700 $aReyes$b G. Mitchell$01620933 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809109903321 996 $aThe Evolution of Mathematics$93954008 997 $aUNINA