The Magic of Numbers
eBook - ePub

The Magic of Numbers

  1. 432 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. 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

  1. Cover
  2. Title page
  3. Copyright
  4. Note
  5. Contents
  6. 1. The Past Returns
  7. 2. A Royal Mace
  8. 3. For Their Own Sake
  9. 4. The Decisive Century
  10. 5. A Difference Of Opinion
  11. 6. Wisdom as A Profession
  12. 7. Not Much, But Enough
  13. 8. One or Many?
  14. 9. A Dream and a Doubt
  15. 10. Half Man, Half Myth
  16. 11. Discord and Harmony
  17. 12. Harmony and Discord
  18. 13. Mythology Transformed
  19. 14. The Cosmos as Number
  20. 15. Himself Made It?
  21. 16. Intimations of The Infinite
  22. 17. A Miscarriage of Reason
  23. 18. Politics and Geometry
  24. 19. “Another I”
  25. 20. Number Deified
  26. 21. Pythagoras in Purgatory
  27. 22. Saints and Heretics
  28. 23. A Turning Point
  29. 24. The Skeptical Bishop
  30. 25. Believer and Disbeliever
  31. 26. Changing Views
  32. 27. Return of The Master