Search -
Introduction to Mathematical Thinking: The Formulation of Concepts in Modern Mathematics
Introduction to Mathematical Thinking The Formulation of Concepts in Modern Mathematics Author:Friedrich Waismann Foreward by Karl Menger. 16 Chapters. 13 page Index. Originally published in 1951. "This book, presupposing no specific training in mathematics, is nevertheless not a superficial survey of the subject. A deep and genuine understanding of the basis of mathematical thought is acquired only with effort, and this Introduction is not guilty of s... more »eeking to impart a spuriously facile acquaintance with the subject. With exceptional clarity, but with no evasion of essential ideas, the author outlines the fundamental structure of mathematics. Beginning with the natural numbers and the fundamental laws of arithmetic, the account is carried through the problems of the real-number continuum and the concepts of the calculus. Where there are basic differences among contemporary mathematicians, the nature of the issues has been brought sharply into focus." -Carl Boyer, Brooklyn College.« less