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Logos and Alogon : thinkable and the unthinkable in mathematics, from the Pythagoreans to the moderns / Arkady Plotnitsky.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Plotnitsky, Arkady.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mathematics--Philosophy.
- Mathematics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2022]
- Contents:
- 1 The Ghost and the Spirit of Pythagoras in Modern and Modernist Mathematics
- 2 Platos Ghosts: Pythagorean Mathematics, Socratic Philosophy, and Tragic Art
- 3 Comprehending the Connection of Things: Bernhard Riemann and the Architecture of Mathematical Concepts
- 4 What is a Curve?: From Geometry to Algebra, from Modern to Modernist Mathematics
- 5 Returns of Geometry: From the Pythagoreans to Mathematical Modernism and Beyond
- 6 Who Thinks Abstractly: Emmy Noether and Modernist Mathematics
- 7 Mathematical Practice as Philosophy, with Galois, Riemann, Poincare, and Grothendieck.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 27, 2023).
- ISBN:
- 9783031136788
- 3031136780
- Publisher Number:
- 99992948950
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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