Experiencing Mathematics: What Do We Do, When We Do Mathematics?

By Reuben Hersh

Most mathematicians, when asked about the nature and meaning of mathematics, vacillate between the two unrealistic poles of Platonism and formalism. By looking carefully at what mathematicians really... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082189420X
• ISBN13: 9780821894200
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: American Mathematical Society
• Length: 291 Pages