Mathematics of the Gods and the Algorithms of Men, The: A Cultural History

Mathematics of the Gods and the Algorithms of Men, The: A Cultural History
Paolo Zellini
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h198 x 129mm - 256pg
3 Jun 2021 UK
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9780141986487
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Is mathematics a discovery or an invention? Have we invented numbers or do they truly exist? What sort of reality could 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 such as Russell and Frege and beyond. In this masterful, elegant book, mathematician and philosopher Paolo Zellini offers a brief cultural and intellectual history of mathematics, from ancient Greece to India to our contemporary obsession with algorithms, showing how mathematical thinking is inextricably linked with philosophical, existential and religious questions - and indeed with our cosmic understanding of the world.
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ISBN-13: 9780141986487
Published: 3 Jun 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Books
Publisher: Penguin Books
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 200g
Pages: 256

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