Mathematics as a cultural system /
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | English |
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Oxford :
Pergamon Press,
1981.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Foundations and philosophy of science and technology series
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. The nature of culture and cultural systems
- 2. Examples of cultural patterns observable in the evolution of mathematics
- 3. Historical episodes; a laboratory for the study of cultural change
- 4. Potential of a theory or field; hereditary stress
- 5. Consolidation: force and process
- 6. The exceptional individual; singularities in the evolution of mathematics
- 7. "Laws" governing the evolution of mathematics
- 8. Mathematics in the 20th century; role and future.