Plato's Ghost: The Modernist Transformation of Mathematics

by Jeremy Gray

Book Overview

Plato's Ghost is the first book to examine the development of mathematics from 1880 to 1920 as a modernist transformation similar to those in art, literature, and music. Jeremy Gray traces the growth of mathematical modernism from its roots in problem solving and theory to its interactions with physics, philosophy, theology, psychology, and ideas about real and artificial languages. He shows how mathematics was popularized, and explains...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691242046
• ISBN13: 9780691242040
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 2.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.9" x 9.9"