An edition of Great feuds in mathematics
(2006)
Great feuds in mathematics
ten of the liveliest disputes ever
by Hal Hellman
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Great feuds in mathematics: ten of the liveliest disputes ever
2006, John Wiley & Sons
in English
0471648779 9780471648772
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Table of Contents
Tartaglia versus Cardano. Solving cubic equations
Descartes versus Fermat. Analytic geometry and optics
Newton versus Leibniz. Credit for the calculus
Bernoulli versus Bernoulli. Sibling rivalry of the highest order
Sylvester versus Huxley. Ivory tower or real world?
Kronecker versus Cantor. Mathematical insanity
Borel versus Zermelo. The "notorious axiom"
Poincar versus Russell. The logical foundations of mathematics
Hilbert versus Brouwer. Formalism versus intuitionism
Absolutists/platonists versus fallibilists/constructionists. Are mathematical advances discoveries or inventions?
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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