Reasoning with the Infinite From the Closed World to the Mathematical Universe
Heftet /
1999
/ Engelsk
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780226058351
Publisert
1999-11-10
Utgiver
Vendor
University of Chicago Press
Vekt
397 gr
Høyde
23 mm
Bredde
16 mm
Dybde
2 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
226
Forfatter
Oversetter
Until the Scientific Revolution, the nature and motions of heavenly objects were mysterious and unpredictable. The Scientific Revolution was revolutionary in part because it saw the advent of many mathematical tools - chief among them the calculus - that natural philosophers could use to explain and predict these cosmic motions. Michel Blay traces the origins of this mathematization of the world, from Galileo to Newton and Laplace, and considers the profound philosophical consequences of submitting the infinite to rational analysis.
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This text traces the origins of the mathematization of the world, from Galileo to Newton and Laplace, and considers the profound philosophical consequences of submitting the infinite to rational analysis.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780226058351
Publisert
1999-11-10
Utgiver
Vendor
University of Chicago Press
Vekt
397 gr
Høyde
23 mm
Bredde
16 mm
Dybde
2 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
226
Forfatter
Oversetter