- EAN13
- 9781541602700
- Éditeur
- Basic Books
- Date de publication
- 19/12/2023
- Langue
- anglais
- Fiches UNIMARC
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Livre numérique
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"A mind-bending jaunt ... that makes clear in fascinating detail how math is
more than a sum of its parts" (Publishers Weekly)
"Let no one ignorant of geometry enter here," Plato warned would-be
philosophers. Mathematician Karl Sigmund agrees.
In The Waltz of Reason, he shows how mathematics and philosophy together have
shaped our understanding of space, chance, logic, cooperation, voting, and the
social contract. Sigmund shows how game theory is integral to moral
philosophy, how statistics shaped the meaning of reason, and how the search
for a logical basis for math leads to deep questions about the nature of truth
itself. But this is no dry tome: Sigmund's wit and humor shine as brightly as
his erudition.
The Waltz of Reason is an engrossing history of ideas as vibrant as a ballroom
full of dancers, one that empowers as it entertains, following the complex and
occasionally dizzying steps of the thinkers who have molded our thought and
founded our world.
more than a sum of its parts" (Publishers Weekly)
"Let no one ignorant of geometry enter here," Plato warned would-be
philosophers. Mathematician Karl Sigmund agrees.
In The Waltz of Reason, he shows how mathematics and philosophy together have
shaped our understanding of space, chance, logic, cooperation, voting, and the
social contract. Sigmund shows how game theory is integral to moral
philosophy, how statistics shaped the meaning of reason, and how the search
for a logical basis for math leads to deep questions about the nature of truth
itself. But this is no dry tome: Sigmund's wit and humor shine as brightly as
his erudition.
The Waltz of Reason is an engrossing history of ideas as vibrant as a ballroom
full of dancers, one that empowers as it entertains, following the complex and
occasionally dizzying steps of the thinkers who have molded our thought and
founded our world.
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