Technology and Mathematics : Philosophical and Historical Investigations Paperback / softback
Edited by Sven Ove Hansson
Part of the Philosophy of Engineering and Technology series
Paperback / softback
Description
This volume is the first extensive study of the historical and philosophical connections between technology and mathematics.
Coverage includes the use of mathematics in ancient as well as modern technology, devices and machines for computation, cryptology, mathematics in technological education, the epistemology of computer-mediated proofs, and the relationship between technological and mathematical computability.
The book also examines the work of such historical figures as Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Charles Babbage, Ada Lovelace, and Alan Turing.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:373 pages, 54 Illustrations, black and white; XII, 373 p. 54 illus.
- Publisher:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- Publication Date:30/01/2019
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- ISBN:9783030067229
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:373 pages, 54 Illustrations, black and white; XII, 373 p. 54 illus.
- Publisher:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- Publication Date:30/01/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9783030067229
