Great feuds in mathematics
ten of the liveliest disputes ever
Hellman, Hal
1927-
creator
text
bibliography
nju
Hoboken, N.J
John Wiley
c2006
2006
monographic
eng
vi, 250 p. ; 24 cm.
Tartaglia versus Cardano. Solving cubic equations -- Descartes versus Fermat. Analytic geometry and optics -- Newton versus Leibniz. Credit for the calculus -- Bernoulli versus Bernoulli. Sibling rivalry of the highest order -- Sylvester versus Huxley. Ivory tower or real world? -- Kronecker versus Cantor. Mathematical insanity -- Borel versus Zermelo. The "notorious axiom" -- Poincar versus Russell. The logical foundations of mathematics -- Hilbert versus Brouwer. Formalism versus intuitionism -- Absolutists/platonists versus fallibilists/constructionists. Are mathematical advances discoveries or inventions?
Hal Hellman.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mathematics
History
Mathematicians
History
QA21 .H45 2006
QA 21 .H45 2006
0471648779 (cloth : acidfree paper)
2005031916
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