Mathematics and the Search for KnowledgeOxford University Press, USA, 1985 M07 18 - 272 páginas Requires a minimum of technical knowledge and gives an illuminating oversight of the historical developments...with many interesting observations along the way.--Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society The lively writing makes this suitable supplementary reading for advanced undergraduates from many disciplines. An extensive and often technical bibliography is included for those who want to go further. |
Contenido
Is There an External World? | 3 |
The Failings of the Senses and Intuition | 21 |
The Rise and Role of Mathematics | 38 |
The Astronomical Worlds of the Greeks | 51 |
The Heliocentric Theory of Copernicus and Kepler | 68 |
Mathematics Dominates Physical Science | 86 |
Mathematics and the Mystery of Gravitation | 107 |
Mathematics and the Imperceptible Electromagnetic World | 126 |
The Relativistic World | 163 |
Quantum Theory | 181 |
The Reality of Mathematical Physics | 197 |
Why Does Mathematics Work? | 210 |
Mathematics and Natures Behavior | 228 |
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A Prelude to the Theory of Relativity | 148 |
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