Number: The Language of Science
Popular mathematics book by Tobias Dantzig
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Number: The Language of Science: A Critical Survey Written for the Cultured Non-Mathematician is a popular mathematics book by Tobias Dantzig. The original U.S. publication was by Macmillan in 1930.[1] A second edition (third impression) was published in 1947 in Prague by Melantrich Company. The book recounts the history of mathematical ideas.[2]
Title page for Number: The Language of Science: A Critical Survey Written for the Cultured Non-Mathematician (1945 Third edition) | |
| Author | Tobias Dantzig |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Mathematics |
| Publisher | Macmillan Publishing |
Publication date | 1930 |
| Publication place | United States |
Chapters
The book has 12 chapters. There is an appendix of illustrations. The third edition contains a separate section for essays, at the book's end.
- Fingerprints
- The Empty Column
- Number Lore
- The Last Number
- Symbols
- The Unutterable
- This Flowing World
- The Act of Becoming
- Filling the Gaps
- The Domain of Number
- The Anatomy of the Infinite
- The Two Realities
