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Dialogues on mathematics

By:

Renyi, Alfred

Material type:

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Frances Holden day Routledge 1967Description: 100 pSubject(s):

Other classification:

B K7/SC

Summary: This book discusses in dialogue form the basic principles of mathematics and its applications including the question: What is mathematics? What does its specific method consist of? What is its relation to the sciences and humanities? What can it offer to specialists in different fields? How can it be applied in practice and in discovering the laws of nature? Dramatized by the dialogue form and shown in the historical movements in which they originated, these questions are discussed in their full complexity, yet are easily comprehended.

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	General Books	Ratan Tata Library	Ratan Tata Library			B K7/SC (Browse shelf(Opens below))					Available			RT1149123

This book discusses in dialogue form the basic principles of mathematics and its applications including the question: What is mathematics? What does its specific method consist of? What is its relation to the sciences and humanities? What can it offer to specialists in different fields? How can it be applied in practice and in discovering the laws of nature? Dramatized by the dialogue form and shown in the historical movements in which they originated, these questions are discussed in their full complexity, yet are easily comprehended.

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