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Fascinating mathematical people [[electronic resource] ] : interviews and memoirs / / Donald J. Albers and Gerald L. Alexanderson, editors ; with a foreword by Philip J. Davis
| Fascinating mathematical people [[electronic resource] ] : interviews and memoirs / / Donald J. Albers and Gerald L. Alexanderson, editors ; with a foreword by Philip J. Davis |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
| Disciplina | 510.92/2 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
AlbersDonald J. <1941->
AlexandersonGerald L DavisPhilip J |
| Soggetto topico | Mathematicians |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-16379-9
9786613163790 1-4008-3955-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword / Davis, Philip J. -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Sources -- One. Lars V. Ahlfors / Albers, Donald J. -- Two. Tom Apostol / Albers, Donald J. -- Three. Harold M. Bacon / Alexanderson, Gerald L. -- Four. Tom Banchoff / Albers, Donald J. -- Five. Leon Bankoff / Alexanderson, Gerald L. -- Six. Alice Beckenbach -- Seven. Arthur Benjamin / Albers, Donald J. -- Eight. Dame Mary L. Cartwright / Tattersall, James / McMurran, Shawnee -- Nine. Joe Gallian / Haunsperger, Deanna -- Ten. Richard K. Guy / Albers, Donald J. / Alexanderson, Gerald L. -- Eleven. Fern Hunt / Henrion, Claudia -- Twelve. Dusa McDuff / Albers, Donald J. -- Thirteen. Donald G. Saari / Haunsperger, Deanna -- Fourteen. Atle Selberg / Alexanderson, Gerald L. -- Fifteen. Jean Taylor / Albers, Donald J. -- Sixteen. Philippe Tondeur / Albers, Donald J. -- Biographical. Notes -- Glossary -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456784703321 |
| Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
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Mathematics, substance and surmise : views on the meaning and ontology of mathematics / / edited by Ernest Davis, Philip J. Davis
| Mathematics, substance and surmise : views on the meaning and ontology of mathematics / / edited by Ernest Davis, Philip J. Davis |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (374 p.) |
| Disciplina | 510 |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
History Philosophy and science History of Mathematical Sciences Philosophy of Science |
| ISBN | 3-319-21473-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Hardy, Littlewood, and polymath, (Martin and Pease) -- Experimental Computation as an Ontological Game Changer: The Impact of Modern Mathematical Computation Tools on the Ontology of Mathematics (Bailey and Borwein).- Mathematical Products (Davis).-How Should Robots Think about Space? (Azzouni) -- Mathematics and its Applications (Berlinski) -- Nominalism: The Nonexistence of Mathematical Objects (Azzouni) -- An Aristotelian Approach to Mathematical Ontology (Gillies) -- Let G be a Group (Lützen) -- From the Continuum to Large Cardinals (Stillwell) -- Mathematics at Infinity (Gray) -- Mathematics and Language (Avigad) -- Mathematics as Language (Ross) -- Mathematics as Multimodal Semiotics (O'Halloran) -- Problems in Philosophy of Mathematics: A View from Cognitive Science (Piantadosi) -- Beliefs about the Nature of Numbers (Rips) -- What Kind of Thing Might Number Become? (Sinclair) -- Enumerated Entities in Public Policy and Governance (Verran). |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910300244103321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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