Plato's ghost: the modernist transformation of mathematics/ Jeremy Gray.

By:

Gray, Jeremy, 1947-

Publication details: Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, c2008.Description: viii, 515 p.: ill.; 27 cmISBN:

9780691136103 (alk. paper)
0691136106 (alk. paper)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

510.9 G779p

Other classification:

31.01

Contents:

Modernism and mathematics -- Before modernism -- Mathematical modernism arrives -- Modernism avowed -- Faces of mathematics -- Mathematics, language, and philosophy -- After the war.

Summary: 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

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Castorina Estantes Abertas (Open Shelves)	Livros (Books)	510.9 G779p 2008 IMPA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39063000646029

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

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