Mathematics and the Divine: A Historical Study

Mathematics and the Divine seem to correspond to diametrically opposed tendencies of the human mind. Does the mathematician not seek what is precisely defined, and do the objects intended by the mystic and the theologian not lie beyond definition? Is mathematics not Man's search for a measure, and isn't the Divine that which is immeasurable ?The present book shows that the domains of mathematics and the Divine, which may seem so radically separated,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0444503285
• ISBN13: 9780444503282
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Length: 716 Pages
• Weight: 3.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.6" x 9.7"