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Revolutions in Mathematics

Donald Gillies
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 noi 1995
The publication of Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions in 1962 led to an exciting discussion of revolutions in the natural sciences. A fascinating, but little known, off-shoot of this was a debate which began in the United States in the mid-1970's as to whether the concept of revolution could be applied to mathematics as well as science. Michael Crowe declared that revolutions never occur in mathematics, while Joseph Dauben argued that there have been mathematical revolutions and gave some examples. This book is the first comprehensive examination of the question. It reprints the original papers of Crowe, Dauben, and Mehrtens, together with additional chapters giving their current views. To this are added new contributions from nine further experts in the history of mathematics, who each discuss an important episode and consider whether it was a revolution. The whole question of mathematical revolutions is thus examined comprehensively and from a variety of perspectives.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780198514862
ISBN-10: 0198514867
Pagini: 364
Ilustrații: line figures
Dimensiuni: 153 x 231 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.55 kg
Ediția:Revised
Editura: Clarendon Press
Colecția Clarendon Press
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

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'The book makes interesting reading.'Short Book Reviews
'are graced with excellent collective bibliographies, and Gillies's has a good index'Annals of Science, 51 (1994)