18 Unconventional Essays on the Nature of Mathematics

by Reuben Hersh

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What is the nature of the objects being studied? What determines the directions and styles in which mathematics progresses (or, perhaps, degenerates)? This book collects some of the writings tackling the problem of giving an account of the nature, purpose, and justification of mathematics as actually done by real live mathematicians.
  • ISBN10 0387298312
  • ISBN13 9780387298313
  • Publish Date December 2006
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 345
  • Language English