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Bell, Eric Temple

 
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From one of the foremost interpreters for lay readers of the history and meaning of mathematics: a stimulating account of the origins of mathematical thought and the development of numerical theory. It probes the work of Pythagoras, Galileo, Berkeley, Einstein, and others, exploring how "number magic" has influenced religion, philosophy, science, and mathematics

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Eric Temple Bell (1883&;1960) was a Stanford University Ph.D. who taught at the University of Washington and Cal Tech. He wrote 14 books on mathematics in addition to poetry and 13 science-fiction novels.

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