Descartes' Dream The World According to Mathematics |
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| Author:
| Davis, Philip J.
Hersh, Reuben |
| ISBN: | 978-0-15-125260-2 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1986 |
| Publisher: | Harcourt Trade Publishers
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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Rationalist philosopher and mathematician Rene Descartes visualized a world unified by mathematics, in which all intellectual issues could be resolved rationally by local computation. This series of provocative essays takes a modern look at the seventeenth-century thinker's dream, examining the physical and intellectual influences of mathematics on society, particularly in light of technological advances.
Rationalist philosopher and mathematician Rene Descartes visualized a world unified by mathematics, in which all intellectual issues could be resolved rationally by local computation. This series of provocative essays takes a modern look at the seventeenth-century thinker's dream, examining the physical and intellectual influences of mathematics on society, particularly in light of technological advances.