Descartes' Dream. The World According To Mathematics
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Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Penguin
Publisher Place: Uk
Publisher Year: 1990
Edition: Reprint
Description: 321 pages. Ex-Library. Book is in Very good condition throughout.
Publishers Description: These provocative essays take a modern look at the seventeenth-century thinkers dream, examining the influences of mathematics on society, particularly in light of technological advances. They survey the conditions that elicit the application of mathematic principles; the applications effectiveness; and how applied mathematics transform perceptions of reality. 1987 edition.
ISBN: 9780140134759
(206495)
