Euclid in the Rainforest: Discovering Universal Truth in Logic and Math
暫譯: 雨林中的歐幾里得:在邏輯與數學中發現普遍真理

Mazur, Joseph

  • 出版商: Penguin Publishing Group
  • 出版日期: 2006-08-01
  • 售價: $1,130
  • 貴賓價: 9.8$1,107
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 352
  • 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
  • ISBN: 0452287839
  • ISBN-13: 9780452287839
  • 相關分類: 離散數學 Discrete-mathematics
  • 相關翻譯: 數學奇幻之旅:16個探險故事 (簡中版)
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Like Douglas Hofstadter's G del, Escher, Bach, and David Berlinski's A Tour of the Calculus, Euclid in the Rainforest combines the literary with the mathematical to explore
logic--the one indispensable tool in man's quest to understand the world. Underpinning both math and science, it is the foundation of every major advancement in knowledge since the time of the ancient Greeks. Through adventure stories and historical narratives populated with a rich and quirky cast of characters, Mazur artfully reveals the less-than-airtight nature of logic and the muddled relationship between math and the real world. Ultimately, Mazur argues, logical reasoning is not purely robotic. At its most basic level, it is a creative process guided by our intuitions and beliefs about the world.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

如同道格拉斯·霍夫施塔特的《哥德爾、艾舍爾、巴赫》和大衛·伯林斯基的《微積分之旅》,《雨林中的歐幾里得》將文學與數學結合,探索邏輯——這是人類理解世界的不可或缺的工具。邏輯支撐著數學和科學,是自古希臘以來每一項重大知識進步的基礎。透過冒險故事和歷史敘述,Mazur 巧妙地揭示了邏輯並非絕對可靠的本質,以及數學與現實世界之間混亂的關係。最終,Mazur 主張,邏輯推理並非純粹的機械化。在其最基本的層面上,這是一個由我們對世界的直覺和信念所引導的創造性過程。

作者簡介

Joseph Mazur is Professor of Mathematics at Marlboro College, where he has taught a wide range of classes in all areas of mathematics, its history, and philosophy.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

約瑟夫·馬祖爾(Joseph Mazur)是馬爾堡學院(Marlboro College)的數學教授,他教授了數學各個領域的廣泛課程,包括數學的歷史和哲學。