Equations from God: Pure Mathematics And Victorian Faith - Rilegato

Libro 1 di 3: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Mathematics

Cohen, Daniel J.

 
9780801885532: Equations from God: Pure Mathematics And Victorian Faith
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ISBN 10: 0801885531 ISBN 13: 9780801885532
Casa editrice: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 2007

Sinossi

Throughout history, application rather than abstraction has been the prominent driving force in mathematics. From the compass and sextant to partial differential equations, mathematical advances were spurred by the desire for better navigation tools, weaponry, and construction methods. But the religious upheaval in Victorian England and the fledgling United States opened the way for the rediscovery of pure mathematics, a tradition rooted in Ancient Greece.

In Equations from God, Daniel J. Cohen captures the origins of the rebirth of abstract mathematics in the intellectual quest to rise above common existence and touch the mind of the deity. Using an array of published and private sources, Cohen shows how philosophers and mathematicians seized upon the beautiful simplicity inherent in mathematical laws to reconnect with the divine and traces the route by which the divinely inspired mathematics of the Victorian era begot later secular philosophies.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Daniel J. Cohen is an assistant professor of history at George Mason University and the coauthor of Digital History: A Guide to Gathering, Preserving, and Presenting the Past on the Web.

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Editore
Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
Data di pubblicazione
2007
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0801885531
ISBN 13 
9780801885532
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
242
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