Plato's ghost: the modernist transformation of mathematics/
Gray, Jeremy, 1947-
Plato's ghost: the modernist transformation of mathematics/ Jeremy Gray. - Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, c2008. - viii, 515 p.: ill.; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [473]-502) and index.
Modernism and mathematics -- Before modernism -- Mathematical modernism arrives -- Modernism avowed -- Faces of mathematics -- Mathematics, language, and philosophy -- After the war.
Plato's Ghost examines the development of mathematics from 1880 to 1920 as a modernist transformation similar to those in art, literature, and music. --from publisher description
9780691136103 (alk. paper) 0691136106 (alk. paper)
2007061027
GBA8A5508 bnb
Mathematics--History--History.--Mathematics--18th century.
Mathematics--Philosophy.--18th century.
Aesthetics, Modern--19th century.
510.9 / G779p
Plato's ghost: the modernist transformation of mathematics/ Jeremy Gray. - Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, c2008. - viii, 515 p.: ill.; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [473]-502) and index.
Modernism and mathematics -- Before modernism -- Mathematical modernism arrives -- Modernism avowed -- Faces of mathematics -- Mathematics, language, and philosophy -- After the war.
Plato's Ghost examines the development of mathematics from 1880 to 1920 as a modernist transformation similar to those in art, literature, and music. --from publisher description
9780691136103 (alk. paper) 0691136106 (alk. paper)
2007061027
GBA8A5508 bnb
Mathematics--History--History.--Mathematics--18th century.
Mathematics--Philosophy.--18th century.
Aesthetics, Modern--19th century.
510.9 / G779p