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A Brief History of Infinity by Paolo Zellini
$26.95 AUD
Category: Science
In A Brief History of Infinity, the infinite in all its forms - viewed from the perspective of mathematicians, philosophers, and theologians - is explored, as Zellini strives to explain this fundamental principle. What is the difference between true and false infinity? How might we explain away the pu ...Show more
The Mathematics of the Gods and the Algorithms of Men - A Cultural History by Paolo Zellini
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Reading Level: near fine
Is mathematics a discovery or an invention? Do numbers truly exist? What sort of reality do formulas describe? The complexity of mathematics - its abstract rules and obscure symbols - can seem very distant from the everyday. There are those things that are real and present, it is supposed, and then ther ...Show more
The Mathematics of the Gods and the Algorithms of Men: A Cultural History by Paolo Zellini
$39.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
Is mathematics a discovery or an invention? Have we invented numbers or do they truly exist? What sort of reality should we attribute to them? Mathematics has always been a way of understanding and ordering the world: from sacred ancient texts and pre-Socratic philosophers to twentieth-century logicians ...Show more
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