The Nature of Mathematics
by Philip E. B. Jourdain
Publisher: T. C. & E. C. Jack 1919
Number of pages: 136
Description:
There is no real reason why, with patience, an ordinary person should not understand, speaking broadly, what mathematicians do, why they do it, and what, so far as we know at present, mathematics is. The purpose of this little volume is not to give like a textbook a collection of mathematical methods and examples, but to do, firstly, what textbooks do not do: to show how and why these methods grew up.
Download or read it online for free here:
Download link
(multiple formats)
Similar books
Mathematical Measures, Mathematical Pleasures, Mathematical Treasuresby Stephen Clark - Lulu.com
The book for people of all ages and abilities, an attempt to bring mathematics and geometry to everyone in a simple manner. Do you know what a square root is? What is an irrational number? Can you explain the Pythagorean Theorem?
(12669 views)
Mathematical Discoveryby A.M. Bruckner, B.S. Thomson, J.B. Bruckner - ClassicalRealAnalysis.com
This text is intended for a course introducing the idea of mathematical discovery, especially to students who may not be particularly enthused about mathematics as yet. The students could actually participate in the discovery of mathematics.
(7338 views)
An Invitation to Mathematicsby Arnold Dresden - H. Holt and Company
The author's aim is to give a reader an insight into the character of the important questions with which mathematics is concerned, to acquaint him with some of its methods, and to lead him to recognize its intimate relation to human experience.
(2671 views)
Popular Mathematicsby Robert Mudie - Orr and Smith
This book is strictly Popular Mathematics -- a book which is meant to be read through, and which is intended to inspire those who, from too tender age or want of opportunities and means, have not acquired a knowledge of mathematical science ...
(2131 views)