What is a number? : mathematical concepts and their origins / Robert Tubbs.
Publication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.Description: x, 305 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780801890178 (hardcover : acidfree paper)
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- QA8.4 .T83 2009
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-290) and index.
Mysticism, number, and geometry : an introduction to Pythagoreanism -- The Elgin Marbles and Plato's geometric chemistry -- An introduction to infinity -- The flat Earth and the spherical sky -- Theology, logic, and questions about angels -- Time, infinity, and incommensurability -- Medieval theories of vision and the discovery of space -- The shape of space and the fourth dimension -- What is a number? -- The dual nature of points and lines -- Modern mathematical infinity -- Elegance and truth.
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