{"product_id":"the-mathematics-of-the-gods-paolo-zellini-9781643134147","title":"The Mathematics of the Gods and the Algorithms of Men: A Cultural History","description":"\u003cb\u003eA masterful cultural history of mathematics from bestselling Italian mathematician and philosopher Paolo Zellini.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIs mathematics a discovery or an invention? Have we invented numbers or do they truly exist? What sort of reality should we attribute to them? Mathematics has always been a way of understanding and ordering the world: from sacred ancient texts and pre-Socratic philosophers to twentieth-century logicians such as Russell and Frege and beyond. In this masterful, elegant book, mathematician and philosopher Paolo Zellini offers a brief cultural and intellectual history of mathematics, from ancient Greece to India to our contemporary obsession with algorithms, showing how mathematical thinking is inextricably linked with philosophical, existential and religious questions--and indeed with our cosmic understanding of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paolo Zellini\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1643134140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643134147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pegasus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.70w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/23\/2020","brand":"Paolo Zellini","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43994494664959,"sku":"9781643134147","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_eb0c63a4-a0ab-42a6-b059-4298f7ad9181.jpg?v=1683330486","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-mathematics-of-the-gods-paolo-zellini-9781643134147","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}