A Panorama of Pure Mathematics, As Seen by N. Bourbaki - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Panorama of Pure Mathematics, As Seen by N. Bourbaki write by . This book was released on 1982-08-18. A Panorama of Pure Mathematics, As Seen by N. Bourbaki available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A Panorama of Pure Mathematics, As Seen by N. Bourbaki
Freedom in Mathematics
Freedom in Mathematics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Freedom in Mathematics write by Pierre Cartier. This book was released on 2016-04-26. Freedom in Mathematics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book challenges the views put forward by Pierre Cartier, one of the anchors of the famous Bourbaki group, and Cédric Villani, one of the most brilliant mathematicians of his generation, who received the Fields Medal in 2010. Jean Dhombres, mathematician and science historian, and Gerhard Heinzmann, philosopher of science and also a specialist in mathematics engage in a fruitful dialogue with the two mathematicians, prompting readers to reflect on mathematical activity and its social consequences in history as well as in the modern world. Cédric Villani’s popular success proves once again that a common awareness has developed, albeit in a very confused way, of the major role of mathematics in the construction and efficiency of natural sciences, which are at the origin of our technologies. Despite this, the idea that mathematics cannot be shared remains firmly entrenched, a perceived failing that has even been branded a lack of culture by vocal forces in the media as well as cultural and political establishment. The authors explore three major directions in their dialogue: the highly complex relationship between mathematics and reality, the subject of many debates and opposing viewpoints; the freedom that the construction of mathematics has given humankind by enabling them to develop the natural sciences as well as mathematical research; and the responsibility with which the scientific community and governments should address the role of mathematics in research and education policies.
The World as a Mathematical Game
The World as a Mathematical Game - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The World as a Mathematical Game write by Giorgio Israel. This book was released on 2009-04-24. The World as a Mathematical Game available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Galileo and Newton’s work towards the mathematisation of the physical world; Leibniz’s universal logical calculus; the Enlightenment’s mathématique sociale. John von Neumann inherited all these aims and philosophical intuitions, together with an idea that grew up around the Vienna Circle of an ethics in the form of an exact science capable of guiding individuals to make correct decisions. With the help of his boundless mathematical capacity, von Neumann developed a conception of the world as a mathematical game, a world globally governed by a universal logic in which individual consciousness moved following different strategies: his vision guided him from set theory to quantum mechanics, to economics and to his theory of automata (anticipating artificial intelligence and cognitive science). This book provides the first comprehensive scientific and intellectual biography of John von Neumann, a man who perhaps more than any other is representative of twentieth century science.
Practical Foundations of Mathematics
Practical Foundations of Mathematics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Practical Foundations of Mathematics write by Paul Taylor. This book was released on 1999-05-13. Practical Foundations of Mathematics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is about the basis of mathematical reasoning both in pure mathematics itself (particularly algebra and topology) and in computer science (how and what it means to prove correctness of programs). It contains original material and original developments of standard material, so it is also for professional researchers, but as it deliberately transcends disciplinary boundaries and challenges many established attitudes to the foundations of mathematics, the reader is expected to be open minded about these things.
Guide to Information Sources in Mathematics and Statistics
Guide to Information Sources in Mathematics and Statistics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Guide to Information Sources in Mathematics and Statistics write by Martha A. Tucker. This book was released on 2004-09-30. Guide to Information Sources in Mathematics and Statistics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is a reference for librarians, mathematicians, and statisticians involved in college and research level mathematics and statistics in the 21st century. We are in a time of transition in scholarly communications in mathematics, practices which have changed little for a hundred years are giving way to new modes of accessing information. Where journals, books, indexes and catalogs were once the physical representation of a good mathematics library, shelves have given way to computers, and users are often accessing information from remote places. Part I is a historical survey of the past 15 years tracking this huge transition in scholarly communications in mathematics. Part II of the book is the bibliography of resources recommended to support the disciplines of mathematics and statistics. These are grouped by type of material. Publication dates range from the 1800's onwards. Hundreds of electronic resources-some online, both dynamic and static, some in fixed media, are listed among the paper resources. Amazingly a majority of listed electronic resources are free.
