Mathematics in Western Culture
- ISBN-10
- 019500714X
- ISBN-13
- 9780195007145
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 484
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1953
- Publisher
- New York : Oxford University Press
- Author
- Morris Kline
Description
This book gives a remarkably fine account of the influences mathematics has exerted on the development of philosophy, the physical sciences, religion, and the arts in Western life.
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