Introduction

Calvin C. Clawson

A chapter in The Mathematical Traveler, 1994, pp 1-4 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This book is about numbers. However, it is not a book that addresses only formal mathematics. While it is true that mathematics is the study of numbers, the use of numbers is so interwoven with the fabric of human experience that to talk of all aspects of numbers is to delve into many of the very mysteries of human nature. While this book contains mathematics, it also invokes anthropology, biology, psychology, anatomy, history, and philosophy.

Keywords: Human Nature; Irrational Number; Greek Philosopher; Ivory Tower; Transcendental Number (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1994
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-6014-6_1

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