Mathematics : the loss of certainty
Morris Kline (Author)
This work stresses the illogical manner in which mathematics has developed, the question of applied mathematics as against 'pure' mathematics, and the challenges to the consistency of mathematics' logical structure that have occurred in the twentieth century.
History
366 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
9780195030853, 9780195027549, 0195030850, 019502754X
16593111