Discrete Thoughts: Essays on Mathematics, Science, and Philosophy [Series: Scientists of Our Time]

Kac, Mark.; Rota, Gian-Carlo; Schwartz, Jacob T.; Newman, Harry., ed.

ISBN 10: 0817632859 / ISBN 13: 9780817632854

Editore: Birkhäuser, Boston, 1986

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. . . . 8vo, hardcover. No dj. Good condition. Ex-lib copy w/ front bookplate, top text-block edge stamped, rear pocket & outer labels neatly removed; exterior slightly edge-rubbed, contents bright & clean, binding tight. xii, 264 p. Codice articolo 1100319.46

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Titolo: Discrete Thoughts: Essays on Mathematics, ...

Casa editrice: Birkhäuser, Boston

Data di pubblicazione: 1986

Legatura: Hardcover

Condizione: Good

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"a ~Mathematicians, like Proust and everyone else, are at their best when writing about their first lovea (TM) a ] They are among the very best we have; and their best is very good indeed. a ] One approaches this book with high hopes. Happily, one is not disappointed." "a ]In paperback it might well have become a best seller. a ]read it." From The Mathematical Intelligencer "Mathematics is shaped by the consistent concerns and styles of powerful minds a "three of which are represented here. Kaca (TM)s work is marked by deep commitment and breadth of inquiry. "Rota is the easiest of these authors to reada ]a delight: witty and urbane, with a clear and interesting agenda and an astonishing intellectual range. To read him is to be a part of a pleasant and rewarding conversation. "Jacob T. Schwartz attacks problems ina ]computer science, mathematical economics, computer and instructional a ] No matter how slippery the problem, Schwartz manages to capture a substantial chunk of it in his mathematical net." a "Mathematics Magazine This is a volume of essays and reviews that delightfully explore mathematics in all its moods a" from the light and the witty, and humorous to serious, rational, and cerebral. Topics include: logic, combinatorics, statistics, economics, artificial intelligence, computer science, and applications of mathematics broadly. You will also find history and philosophy covered, including discussion of the work of Ulam, Kant, Heidegger among others.