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Mathematics as Metaphor: Selected Essays of Yuri I. Manin

Categorie	Algemeen wetenschap
Boeknummer	#343177-ZA30
Titel	Mathematics as Metaphor: Selected Essays of Yuri I. Manin
Auteur	Manin, Yuri I. & Freeman J. Dyson (foreword)
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover
Uitgeverij	Providence, RI : American Mathematical Society
Jaar van uitgave	2007
ISBN10	0821843311
ISBN13	9780821843314
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original boards, illustrated with numerous equations and diagrams, 8vo.
Samenvatting	The book includes fifteen essays and an interview. The essays are grouped in three parts: Mathematics; Mathematics and Physics; and Language, Consciousness, and Book reviews. Most of the essays are about some aspects of epistemology and the history of sciences, mainly mathematics, physics, and the history of language. English translations of some of the essays, originally published in Russian, appear for the first time in this selection. One of them is the introduction to the book Computable and Uncomputable, where the idea of a quantum computer was first proposed in 1980. Another is an essay on the mythological trickster figure, where the evolutionary role of manipulative behavior is discussed in connection with the problem of the origin of human language. With the foreword by Freeman Dys... (Lees verder)on, this book will be of interest to anyone interested in the philosophy and history of mathematics, physics, and linguistics.
Pagina's	282
Conditie	Goed — No dust jacket, name in pen on title page.
Prijs	€ 75,00

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