Euclid In The Rainforest

Discovering Universal Truth in Logic and Math

Joseph Mazur (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

352 Seiten

2006
Plume (Verlag)
978-0-452-28783-9 (ISBN)

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Combines the literary with the mathematical to explore logic - the one indispensable tool in man's quest to understand the world. Through adventure stories and historical narratives populated with a quirky cast of characters, this work reveals the less-than-airtight nature of logic and the muddled relationship between maths and the real world.

Like Douglas Hofstadter's Godel, Escher, Bach and David Berlinski's A Tour of the Calculus, Euclid in the Rainforest combines the literary with the mathematical to explore logic - the one indispensable tool in man's quest to understand the world. Through adventure stories and historical narratives populated with a rich and quirky cast of characters, Mazur artfully reveals the less-than-airtight nature of logic and the muddled relationship between maths and the real world.

Joseph Mazur is Professor of Mathematics at Marlboro College, where he has taught a wide range of classes in all areas of mathematics, its history, and philosophy.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	2.10.2006
Sprache	englisch
Maße	139 x 188 mm
Gewicht	330 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
ISBN-10	0-452-28783-9 / 0452287839
ISBN-13	978-0-452-28783-9 / 9780452287839
Zustand	Neuware