Great feuds in mathematics : ten of the liveliest disputes ever / Hal Hellman.
Pubblicazione:
Hoboken : J. Wiley, c2006.
Descrizione fisica:
VI, 250 p. ; 25 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1. Tartaglia versus Cardano: solving cubic equations 2. Descartes versus Fermat: analytic geometry and optics 3. Newton versus Leibniz: credit for the calculus 4. Bernoulli versus Bernoulli: sibling rivalry of the highest order 5. Sylvester versus Huxley: mathematics: ivory tower or real world? 6. Kronecker versus Cantor: mathematical humbug 7. Borel versus Zermelo: the notorious axiom 8. Poincaré versus Russell: the logical foundations of mathematics 9. Hilbert versus Brouwer: formalism versus intuitionism 10. Absolutists/platonists versus fallibilists/constructivists: are mathematical advances discoveries or inventions?. Epilogue. Notes. Bibliography. Index
