[PDF.84ho] Mathematics & Common Sense: A Case of Creative Tension

Mathematics & Common Sense: A Case of Creative Tension

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 | #3512495 in Books |  2006-10-20 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.10 x1.20 x6.20l,1.30 | File type: PDF | 250 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Counterintuitive Commonsense|By William Carpenter|Professor Davis provides 33 short essays covering the tension between commonsense and the often counterintuitive discoveries of mathematics. I particularly enjoyed his discussions of why counting large numbers is impossible (with interesting implications for elections), the sorites paradox (e.g. how many grains of wheat do you| |" “There is hardly an aspect of human existence to which mathematics cannot contribute understanding - though that is not to say that the value of human life can be reduced to a set of equations. ... In bringing some of these crucial issues to a wider au

From the Preface: "This book is addressed to all who are curious about the nature of mathematics and its role in society. It is neither a text book nor a specialists' book. It consists of a number of loosely linked essays that may be read independently and for which I have tried to provide a leitmotif by throwing light on the relationship between mathematics and common sense. In these essays I hope to foster a critical attitude towards both the existence of common sense ...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Mathematics & Common Sense: A Case of Creative Tension   |  Philip J. Davis. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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