The Mathematics of the Gods and the Algorithms of Men: A Cultural History by Paolo Zellini, Carnell Simon, Erica Segre

The Mathematics of the Gods and the Algorithms of Men: A Cultural History

Paolo Zellini, Carnell Simon, Erica Segre

256 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy science challenging informative slow-paced
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Is mathematics a discovery or an invention? Do numbers truly exist? What sort of reality do formulas describe? The complexity of mathematics - its abstract rules and obscure symbols - can seem very distant from the everyday. There are those things...

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