Reuben Hersh Bücher

This book tackles important questions which have engaged mathemat-icians and philosophers for thousands of years and are still being asked today. The main purpose of the book is to ask: In what sense do mathematical objects exist? How can we have knowledge of them? Why do mathematicians think mathematical entities exist for ever, independent of human action and knowledge? In clear, elegant prose and with scholarship born of first-hand experience, Reuben Hersh illuminates the mysteries behind the meaning and nature of mathematics.

„Erfahrung Mathematik“ leistet einen wesentlichen Beitrag zum Verständnis dieser Wissenschaft und zur Wiederherstellung ihrer traditionellen Querverbindungen zu den Geisteswissenschaften. Ein Buch für Laien wie für Mathematiker!

Discusses the impact that mathematics and computers have on our intellectual and emotional lives.

These provocative essays take a modern look at the seventeenth-century thinker's dream, examining the influences of mathematics on society, particularly in light of technological advances. They survey the conditions that elicit the application of mathematic principles; the applications' effectiveness; and how applied mathematics transform perceptions of reality. 1987 edition.