The Heritage of Thales

by W.S. Anglin and J. Lambek

Book Overview

This is intended as a textbook on the history, philosophy and foundations of mathematics, primarily for students specializing in mathematics, but we also wish to welcome interested students from the sciences, humanities and education. We have attempted to give approximately equal treatment to the three subjects: history, philosophy and mathematics. History We must emphasize that this is not a scholarly account of the history of mathematics, but rather...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 038794544X
• ISBN13: 9780387945446
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 331 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.6"