Great feuds in mathematics : ten of the liveliest disputes ever /
by Hellman, Hal.
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BookPublisher: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, c2006Description: vi, 250 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0471648779 (cloth : acidfree paper).Subject(s): Mathematics -- History | Mathematicians -- HistoryOnline resources: Table of contents only
Contents:
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?
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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?
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