What Is a Number?
Author | : Robert Tubbs |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 2009-01-29 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780801890185 |
ISBN-13 | : 0801890187 |
Rating | : 4/5 (187 Downloads) |
Download or read book What Is a Number? written by Robert Tubbs and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2009-01-29 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mysticism, number, and geometry : an introduction to Pythagoreanism -- The Elgin Marbles and Plato's geometric chemistry -- An introduction to infinity -- The flat Earth and the spherical sky -- Theology, logic, and questions about angels -- Time, infinity, and incommensurability -- Medieval theories of vision and the discovery of space -- The shape of space and the fourth dimension -- What is a number? -- The dual nature of points and lines -- Modern mathematical infinity -- Elegance and truth.