Descartes' dream : the world according to mathematics / by Philip J. Davis, Reuben Hersh.

By: Davis, Philip J, 1923-Contributor(s): Hersh, Reuben, 1927-Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1987, c1986Description: vii, 321 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0395431549 (pbk.) Subject(s): Mathematics -- Philosophy | Mathematics -- Social aspects | Computers and civilizationDDC classification: 510
Contents:
1. THIS MATHEMATIZED WORLD 2. THE SOCIAL TYRANNY OF NUMBERS 3. COGNITION AND COMPUTATION 4. PERSPECTIVES THROUGH TIME 5. MATHEMATICS AND ETHICS 6. PERSONAL MEANINGS
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Mathematics 		510 DAV-D 1987 5903 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) Available 0005903
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Reprint. Originally published: San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1986.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 307-315.

1. THIS MATHEMATIZED WORLD
2. THE SOCIAL TYRANNY OF NUMBERS
3. COGNITION AND COMPUTATION
4. PERSPECTIVES THROUGH TIME
5. MATHEMATICS AND ETHICS
6. PERSONAL MEANINGS

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