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Discrete Thoughts : Essays on Mathematics, Science, and Philosophy

Publication year: 2008

ISBN: 978-0-8176-4775-9

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This is a volume of essays and reviews that delightfully explore mathematics in all its moods — from the light and the witty, and humorous to serious, rational, and cerebral. Topics include: logic, combinatorics, statistics, economics, artificial intelligence, computer science, and applications of mathematics broadly. You will also find history and philosophy covered, including discussion of the work of Ulam, Kant, Heidegger among others. these papers reflect on mathematics and its influence on human society. They can help the specialist to notice what is going on around him, and they may lead educated people from other domains to a better understanding of mathematics.


Subject: Mathematics and Statistics, History of Mathematics, Philosophy, Physics, Science, mathematics