Authors: Herbert Robbins Richard Courant (Ian Stewart), Richard Courant, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences Richard Courant, Herbert Robbins, Ian Stewart, Herbert (Professor of Mathematics Robbins, Professor of Mathematics Rutgers University), Professor of Mathematics Herbert Robbins
Categories: Mathematics
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
A discussion of fundamental mathematical principles from algebra to elementary calculus designed to promote constructive mathematical reasoning.
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Tries to refine the philosophy of mathematics to reflect what mathematicians really do, and argues that mathematics must be understood in a social context.
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-05-18 - Publisher: Lulu Press, Inc
So, you know what mathematics is, right? Well, if you do, you’re a smarter person than Nobel laureates Albert Einstein and Eugene Wigner, who were baffled by what mathematics is and how it relates to science and the world. Wigner wrote a famous paper entitled “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-01-18 - Publisher: PhilScience Press
This is not a mathematics book, but a book about mathematics, which addresses both student and teacher, with a goal as practical as possible, namely to initiate and smooth the way toward the student's full understanding of the mathematics taught in school. The customary procedural-formal approach to teaching mathematics has