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Plato's ghost the modernist transformation of mathematics

Jeremy Gray (Jeremy J.), 1947-

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Plato's ghost the modernist transformation of mathematics
Author: Jeremy Gray (Jeremy J.), 1947-
Subjects: Mathematics -- History -- 19th century; Mathematics -- Philosophy; Aesthetics, Modern -- 19th century; HISTÓRIA DA MATEMÁTICA -- SÉCULO 19; FILOSOFIA DA MATEMÁTICA; MATEMÁTICA; FILOSOFIA
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [473]-502) and index
Description: Modernism and mathematics -- Before modernism -- Mathematical modernism arrives -- Modernism avowed -- Faces of mathematics -- Mathematics, language, and philosophy -- After the war
Plato's Ghost examines the development of mathematics from 1880 to 1920 as a modernist transformation similar to those in art, literature, and music. --from publisher description
Publisher: Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press
Creation Date: c2008
Format: viii, 515 p ill. 27 cm.
Language: English

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