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A dictionary of quotations in mathematics / compiled and edited by Robert A. Nowlan.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mathematics--Quotations, maxims, etc.
- Mathematics.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 314 pages ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 2002.
- Summary:
- Simeon-Denis Poisson, a French mathematician, once remarked, "Life is good for only two things, discovering mathematics and teaching mathematics." A bit of an overstatement to some, those students and teachers who have dedicated their careers and lives to mathematics find much truth in Poissons declaration. This work contains almost 3,000 quotations in mathematics. It is divided into thirty-eight chapters and 389 sections that present quotations over a spectrum from God and religion to the nature of infinity. A few more of the many areas covered: historical origins, linguistics, the arts, mathematicians themselves, logic, real and idealized space, number theory, algebra, computers, probability theory, and statistics. Immensely useful for speeches, papers, presentations--and endlessly entertaining for browsing. Fully indexed by author and keyword.
- Contents:
- 1 The God Hypothesis, Religion and Mathematics
- 2 The Nature of Mathematics
- 4 The Development of Mathematic
- 6 The Historical Origins of Mathematics
- 7 Language, Linguistics and Mathematics
- 8 Mathematics: Creation, Discovery or Invention?
- 9 The Sciences and Mathematics I
- 10 The Sciences and Mathematics II
- 11 Mathematics and the Arts
- 12 Mathematics and the Social Sciences
- 13 Teaching and Learning Mathematics
- 14 The Nature of Infinity
- 15 Pure Mathematics and Applied Mathematics
- 16 Mathematicians
- 17 Some Mathematical People
- 20 Problems and Problem Solving
- 21 Mathematics and Nature
- 22 Philosophy, Mathematics, Truth and Certainty
- 23 Logic and Foundations
- 24 Proof and Mathematics
- 25 Sets, Relations and Functions
- 26 Space: Real and Idealized
- 27 Numbers: The Heart of Mathematics
- 28 Numbers and Number Theory
- 29 Arithmetic
- 30 Algebra and Trigonometry
- 31 The Art of Measurement
- 32 Geometry
- 34 Topology and Graph Theory
- 35 Analysis and Calculus
- 36 Computers, Algorithms and Mathematical Models
- 37 The Theory of Probability
- 38 Statistics and Statisticians.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-295) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0786412844
- OCLC:
- 49531279
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