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Mathematics and the Search for Knowledge

By: Morris Kline

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Paperback | 20 November 1986

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In this book Kline examines the development of mathematics as our most powerful instrument for exploring the physical world. He probes our existing world of mathematics and illuminates its workings as a science enabling us to penetrate the secrets of the world's natural phenomena.

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"Requires a minimum of technical knowledge and gives an illuminating oversight of the historical developments...with many interesting observations along the way."--Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society "The lively writing makes this suitable supplementary reading for advanced undergraduates from many disciplines. An extensive and often technical bibliography is included for those who want to go further."--Zentralblätter/Abstract Journals "Requires a minimum of technical knowledge and gives an illuminating oversight of the historical developments...with many interesting observations along the way."--Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society "The lively writing makes this suitable supplementary reading for advanced undergraduates from many disciplines. An extensive and often technical bibliography is included for those who want to go further."--Zentralblätter/Abstract Journals

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Non-Fiction Psychology Cognition & Cognitive Psychology Philosophy Epistemology & The Theory of Knowledge Science Science in General Popular Science Mathematics Applied Mathematics History of Mathematics Physics

History Regional & National History European History British & Irish History Algebra

Historical Overview: Is There an External World?	p. 3
The Failings of the Senses and Intuition	p. 21
The Rise and Role of Mathematics	p. 38
The Astronomical Worlds of the Greeks	p. 51
The Heliocentric Theory of Copernicus and Kepler	p. 68
Mathematics Dominates Physical Science	p. 86
Mathematics and the Mystery of Gravitation	p. 107
Mathematics and the Imperceptible Electromagnetic World	p. 126
A Prelude to the Theory of Relativity	p. 148
The Relativistic World	p. 163
The Dissolution of Matter: Quantum Theory	p. 181
The Reality of Mathematical Physics	p. 197
Why Does Mathematics Work?	p. 210
Mathematics and Nature's Behavior	p. 228
Bibliography	p. 246
Index	p. 255
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