Mathematics: The Loss of Certainty (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780195030853)

This work stresses the illogical manner in which mathematics has developed, the question of applied mathematics as against 'pure' mathematics, and the challenges to the consistency of mathematics' logical structure that have occurred in the twentieth century.

Author: Morris Kline
ISBN-10: 0195030850
ISBN-13: 9780195030853
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 06/17/1982
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.12h x 5.30w x 0.73d