Mathematics: The Loss of Certainty
- Mathematics: The Loss of Certainty
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Mathematics: The Loss of Certainty is a book by Morris Kline on the developing perspectives within mathematical cultures throughout the centuries.[1]
This book traces the history of how new results in mathematics have provided surprises to mathematicians through the ages, e.g. how 19th century mathematicians were surprised by the discovery of non-Euclidean geometry or how Goedel's incompleteness theorem disappointed many logicians.
Bibliography
- Morris Kline, Mathematics: The Loss of Certainty, Oxford University Press, 1980 ISBN 0-19-502754-X
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