Introduction to Mathematics (eBook)

Alfred North Whitehead (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
176 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-82138-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Concise volume for general students by prominent philosopher and mathematician explains what math is and does, and how mathematicians do it. "Lucid and cogent ... should delight you." — The New York Times. 1911 edition.

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"e;The object of the following chapters is not to teach mathematics, but to enable students from the very beginning of their course to know what the science is about, and why it is necessarily the foundation of exact thought as applied to natural phenomena."e; Thus begins this volume by the prominent English philosopher and mathematician Alfred North Whitehead, a concise statement on the nature and meaning of mathematics for the general student. Expertly written and abounding in insights, the book presents a lively exposition of mathematical concepts, the history of their development, and their applications to the physical world.　 Whitehead explains in broad terms what mathematics is about, what it does, and how mathematicians do it.Generations of readers who have stayed with the philosopher from the beginning to the end have found themselves amply rewarded for taking this journey. As The New York Times observed decades ago, "e;Whitehead doesn't popularize or make palatable; he is simply lucid and cogent ... A finely balanced mixture of knowledge and urbanity .... Should delight you."e;

Autor

Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947) studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, and taught mathematics there for 16 years, afterward teaching math at University College, London, and the Imperial College of Science and Technology and serving as an instructor in philosophy at Harvard University. Whitehead wrote many books on science, mathematics, and philosophy; between 1910–13 he completed, with Bertrand Russell, his greatest mathematical work, Principia Mathematica.

Inhalt

Contents;I. The Abstract Nature of MathematicsII. VariablesIII. Methods of ApplicationIV. DynamicsV. The Symbolism of MathemtaicsVI. Generalizations of NumberVII. Imaginary NumbersVIII. Imaginary Numbers (continued)IX. Co-ordinate GeometryX. Conic SectionsXI. FunctionsXII. Periodicity in NatureXIII. TrigonometryXIV. SeriesXV. The Differential CalculusXVI. GeometryXVII QuantityNote on BooksIndex

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.5.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Books on Mathematics
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Gewicht: 258 g
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geometrie / Topologie
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geschichte der Mathematik
• Schlagworte: conic sections • Coordinate Geometry • Differential Calculus • Functions • Geometry • history of mathematical development • History of Mathematics • Imaginary Numbers • Mathematical Applications • mathematical concepts • mathematical studies • Mathematics • mathematics in the physical world • nature and meaning of mathematics • Non-fiction • Periodicity in Nature • Philosophy • Science • theoretical, Numbers • The Philosophy of Mathematics • Trigonometry • Variables
• ISBN-10: 0-486-82138-2 / 0486821382
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-82138-2 / 9780486821382