Main entry:

Kline, Morris, 1908-1992, author.

Title & Author:

Mathematics in Western culture.

Publication:

New York, Oxford University Press, 1953.

Description:

484 pages illustrations 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-475) and index.
True and false conceptions -- The rule of thumb in mathematics -- The birth of the mathematical spirit -- The Elements of Euclid -- Placing a yardstick to the stars -- Nature acquires reason -- Interlude -- Renewal of the mathematical spirit -- The harmony of the world -- Painting and perspective -- Science born of art : projective geometry -- A discourse on method -- The quantitative approach to nature -- The deduction of universal laws -- Grasping the fleeting instant -- The Newtonian influence : science and philosophy -- The Newtonian influence : religion -- The Newtonian influence : literature and aesthetics -- The sine of G Major -- Mastery of the ether waves -- The science of human nature -- The mathematical theory of ignorance : the statistical approach to the study of man -- Prediction and probability -- Our disorderly universe : the statistical view of nature -- The paradoxes of the infinite -- New geometries, new worlds -- The theory of relativity -- Mathematics : method and art.

ISBN:

019500714X (paperback)
9780195007145 (paperback)

Subject:

Mathematics History.
Mathématiques Histoire.
Mathematics
Geschichte
Kultur
Mathematik
Wiskunde.
Cultuur.
Mathematics Social aspects.

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 222105
Call No.: QA21 .K5 1953
Status: Available