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Mathematics and the Search for Knowledge / Edition 1

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ISBN-10:: 0195042301
ISBN-13:: 9780195042306
Pub. Date:: 11/20/1986
Publisher:: Oxford University Press

ISBN-10:: 0195042301
ISBN-13:: 9780195042306
Pub. Date:: 11/20/1986
Publisher:: Oxford University Press

Mathematics and the Search for Knowledge / Edition 1

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In this book Kline examines the development of mathematics as our most powerful instrument for exploring the physical world. He probes our existing world of mathematics and illuminates its workings as a science enabling us to penetrate the secrets of the world's natural phenomena.

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ISBN-13:	9780195042306
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	11/20/1986
Edition description:	REPRINT
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	8.58(w) x 5.44(h) x 0.69(d)

	Historical Overview: Is There an External World?	3
I.	The Failings of the Senses and Intuition	21
II.	The Rise and Role of Mathematics	38
III.	The Astronomical Worlds of the Greeks	51
IV.	The Heliocentric Theory of Copernicus and Kepler	68
V.	Mathematics Dominates Physical Science	86
VI.	Mathematics and the Mystery of Gravitation	107
VII.	Mathematics and the Imperceptible Electromagnetic World	126
VIII.	A Prelude to the Theory of Relativity	148
IX.	The Relativistic World	163
X.	The Dissolution of Matter: Quantum Theory	181
XI.	The Reality of Mathematical Physics	197
XII.	Why Does Mathematics Work?	210
XIII.	Mathematics and Nature's Behavior	228
	Bibliography	246
	Index	255

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