Main entry:

Kline, Morris, 1908-1992, author.

Title & Author:

Mathematics and the search for knowledge / Morris Kline.

Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1985.

Description:

vi, 257 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-254) and index.
The failings of the senses and intuition -- The rise and role of mathematics -- The astronomical worlds of the Greeks -- The heliocentric theory of Copernicus and Kepler -- Mathematics dominates physical science -- Mathematics and the mystery of gravitation -- Mathematics and the imperceptable electromagnetic world -- A prelude to the theory of relativity -- The relativistic world -- The dissolution of matter : quantum theory -- The reality of mathematical physics -- Why does mathematics work? -- Mathematics and nature's behavior.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents
Inhaltstext

ISBN:

019503533X
9780195035339
0195042301
9780195042306

Subject:

Mathematics.
Perception.
Knowledge, Theory of.
Mathématiques.
Théorie de la connaissance.
epistemology.
mathematics.
applied mathematics.
Mathematik
Naturwissenschaften
Naturverständnis
Erkjennelse.
Persepsjonspsykologi.
Matematikk Filosofi.
Physics Role of mathematics, to 1984

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 103559
Call No.: ID:85-B16182
Status: Available