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Tubbs, Robert, 1954-
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Mathematics -- Philosophy.
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.
Mathematics -- History.
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What is a number? : ...
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What is a number? : mathematical concepts and their origins / Robert Tubbs.
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Tubbs, Robert, 1954-
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
Subjects
Mathematics -- Philosophy.
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.
Mathematics -- History.
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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0829/2008013745-b.html
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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0829/2008013745-d.html
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0801890179 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
9780801890178 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
0801890187 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9780801890185 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
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x, 305 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents:
Mysticism, number, and geometry : an introduction to Pythagoreanism -- The Elgin Marbles and Plato's geometric chemistry -- An introduction to infinity -- The flat Earth and the spherical sky -- Theology, logic, and questions about angels -- Time, infinity, and incommensurability -- Medieval theories of vision and the discovery of space -- The shape of space and the fourth dimension -- What is a number? -- The dual nature of points and lines -- Modern mathematical infinity -- Elegance and truth.
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