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The Magic of Numbers <br />
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From one of the foremost interpreters for laymen of the history and meaning of <br />
mathematics: a stimulating account of the origins of mathematical thought and <br />
the development of numerical theory from its beginnings in ancient times to the <br />
modern era, probing the work of Pythagoras, Galileo, Berkeley, Einstein and many <br />
others, and exploring the ways in which number magic has influenced the <br />
development of religion, philosophy, science and mathematics. <br />
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Table Of Contents<br />
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1. THE PAST RETURNS<br />
2. A ROYAL MACE<br />
3. FOR THEIR OWN SAKE<br />
4. THE DECISIVE CENTURY<br />
5. A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION<br />
6. WISDOM AS A PROFESSION<br />
7. NOT MUCH, BUT ENOUGH<br />
8. ONE OR MANY?<br />
9. A DREAM AND A DOUBT.<br />
10. HALF MAN, HALF MYTH<br />
II. DISCORD AND HARMONY<br />
12. HARMONY AND DISCORD<br />
13. MYTHOLOGY TRANSFORMED<br />
14. TUE COSMOS AS NUMBER<br />
15. HIMSELF MADE IT?<br />
16. INTIMATIONS OF TIlE INFINITE<br />
17. A MISCARRIAGE OF REASON<br />
18. POLITICS AND GEOMETRY<br />
19. "ANOTHER I"<br />
20. NUMBER DEIFIED<br />
21. PYTHAGORAS IN PURGATORY<br />
22. SAINTS AND HERETICS<br />
23. ATURNING POINT<br />
24. THE SKEPTICAL BISHOP<br />
25. BELIEVER AND DISBELIEVER<br />
26. CHANGING VIEWS<br />
27. RETURN OF THE MASTER<br />
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Product Details<br />
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* ISBN: 0486267881<br />
* ISBN-13: 9780486267883<br />
* Format: Paperback, 425pp<br />
* Publisher: Dover Publications<br />
* Pub. Date: September 1991<br />
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