Numbers : computers, philosophers, and the search for meaning
Tabak, John2004
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Looks at the properties and uses of numerical quantities from fractions to algebraic numbers, transcendental numbers and complex numbers.
Main title:
Numbers : computers, philosophers, and the search for meaning / by John Tabak
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Imprint:
New York Facts on File 2004
Collation:
224 p. illustrations
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Audience:
Secondary
Contents:
Numbers for computation: Early counting systems - Our place value number system - Analytical engines - Extending the idea of a number: An evolving concept of a number - Negative numbers - Algebraic numbers - Transcendental numbers and the search for meaning - The problem of infinity: Early insights - Galileo and Bolzano - Georg Cantor and the logic of the infinite - Cantor's legacy
ISBN:
0816049556 (hbk)
Dewey class:
513.2 NUM
Local class:
513.2
Language:
English
BRN:
68765
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