Equations from God [[electronic resource] ] : pure mathematics and Victorian faith / / Daniel J. Cohen
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| Autore: |
Cohen Daniel J (Daniel Jared), <1968->
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| Titolo: |
Equations from God [[electronic resource] ] : pure mathematics and Victorian faith / / Daniel J. Cohen
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| Pubblicazione: | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (255 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 261.5/5 |
| Soggetto topico: | Religion and science |
| Mathematics | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-234) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Equations from God |
| ISBN: | 0-8018-9186-8 |
| 1-4356-9255-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910782746503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
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Johns Hopkins studies in the history of mathematics.