Figures of Thought: Mathematics and Mathematical Texts

by David Reed

Book Overview

Rarely has the history or philosophy of mathematics been written about by mathematicians, and the analysis of mathematical texts themselves has been an area almost entirely unexplored. Figures of Thought looks at ways in which mathematical works can be read as texts, examines their textual strategies and demonstrates that such readings provide a rich source of philosophical issues regarding mathematics: issues which traditional approaches to the history...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415081467
• ISBN13: 9780415081467
• Release Date: December 1994
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary