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Numbers : computers, philosophers and the search for meaning / John Tabak

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The history of mathematicsPublication details: Viva Books, New Delhi : 2006Description: xiii, 224 pISBN:
  • 9788130900919
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 510 T112
Contents:
1. P1: Numbers for computation 2. The first problems 3. Early counting systems 4. Our place value number system 5. Analytical engines 6. P2: Extending the idea of a number 7. An evolving concept of a number 8. Negative numbers 9. Algebraic numbers 10. Transcendental numbers and the search for meaning 11. P3: The problem of infinity 12. Galileo and Bolzano 13. Georg Cantor and the logic of the infinite 14. Cantor’s legacy
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includes glossary and index

1. P1: Numbers for computation
2. The first problems
3. Early counting systems
4. Our place value number system
5. Analytical engines
6. P2: Extending the idea of a number
7. An evolving concept of a number
8. Negative numbers
9. Algebraic numbers
10. Transcendental numbers and the search for meaning
11. P3: The problem of infinity
12. Galileo and Bolzano
13. Georg Cantor and the logic of the infinite
14. Cantor’s legacy

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