Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 313 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Introductory Chapters; Part II: Chemistry and Geometry; Part III: Geometry and Seventeenth Century Mechanics; Part IV: Geometry and Twentieth Century Topology; List of Illustrations; Glossary; Bibliography; Index |
Summary |
Emily Grosholz offers an original investigation of demonstration in mathematics and science, examining how it works and why it is persuasive. Focusing on geometrical demonstration, she shows the roles that representation and ambiguity play in mathematical discovery. She presents a wide range of case studies in mechanics, topology, algebra, logic, and chemistry, from ancient Greece to the present day, but focusing particularly on the seventeenth and twentieth centuries. Anyone. interested in how mathematics works will find this a stimulating read. - ;Emily Grosholz offers an original investigat |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-305) and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Mathematics -- Philosophy.
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Ambiguity in science.
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Knowledge, Theory of.
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Science -- Philosophy.
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epistemology.
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MATHEMATICS -- History & Philosophy.
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Ambiguity in science
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Knowledge, Theory of
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Mathematics -- Philosophy
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Science -- Philosophy
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780191538513 |
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0191538515 |
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1281155373 |
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9781281155375 |
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9786611155377 |
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6611155376 |
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1435610164 |
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9781435610163 |
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