
- 432 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
The Magic of Numbers
About this book
From one of the foremost interpreters for lay readers of the history and meaning of mathematics: a stimulating account of the origins of mathematical thought and the development of numerical theory. It probes the work of Pythagoras, Galileo, Berkeley, Einstein, and others, exploring how "number magic" has influenced religion, philosophy, science, and mathematics
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright
- Note
- Contents
- 1. The Past Returns
- 2. A Royal Mace
- 3. For Their Own Sake
- 4. The Decisive Century
- 5. A Difference Of Opinion
- 6. Wisdom as A Profession
- 7. Not Much, But Enough
- 8. One or Many?
- 9. A Dream and a Doubt
- 10. Half Man, Half Myth
- 11. Discord and Harmony
- 12. Harmony and Discord
- 13. Mythology Transformed
- 14. The Cosmos as Number
- 15. Himself Made It?
- 16. Intimations of The Infinite
- 17. A Miscarriage of Reason
- 18. Politics and Geometry
- 19. “Another I”
- 20. Number Deified
- 21. Pythagoras in Purgatory
- 22. Saints and Heretics
- 23. A Turning Point
- 24. The Skeptical Bishop
- 25. Believer and Disbeliever
- 26. Changing Views
- 27. Return of The Master