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Mathematics : a very short introduction / Timothy Gowers.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Very short introductions ; 66 | Very short introductions ; 66Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002Description: 143 p. : ill. ; 18 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780192853615 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 510 GOW 23 009019
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Contents:
1. Models 2. Numbers and abstraction 3. Proofs 4. Limits and infinity 5. Dimension 6. Geometry 7. Estimates and approximations.
Summary: "Mathematics is a subject we are all exposed to in our daily lives, but one which many of us fear. In this introduction, Timothy Gowers elucidates the most fundamental differences, which are primarily philosophical, between advanced mathematics and what we learn at school, so that one emerges with a clearer understanding of such paradoxical-sounding concepts as 'infinity', 'curved space', and 'imaginary numbers'. From basic ideas, through to philosophical queries, to common sociological questions about the mathematical community, this book unravels some of the mysteries of space and numbers."--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-140) and index..

1. Models
2. Numbers and abstraction
3. Proofs
4. Limits and infinity
5. Dimension
6. Geometry
7. Estimates and approximations.

"Mathematics is a subject we are all exposed to in our daily lives, but one which many of us fear. In this introduction, Timothy Gowers elucidates the most fundamental differences, which are primarily philosophical, between advanced mathematics and what we learn at school, so that one emerges with a clearer understanding of such paradoxical-sounding concepts as 'infinity', 'curved space', and 'imaginary numbers'. From basic ideas, through to philosophical queries, to common sociological questions about the mathematical community, this book unravels some of the mysteries of space and numbers."--Jacket.

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