Equations From God - Pure Mathematics and Victorian Faith

Informationen zum Autor Daniel J. Cohen is an assistant professor of history at George Mason University and the coauthor of Digital History: A Guide to Gathering, Preserving, and Presenting the Past on the Web. Klappentext Using an array of published and private sources, Cohen shows how philosophers and mathematicians seized upon the beautiful simplicity inherent in mathematical laws to reconnect with the divine and traces the route by which the divinely inspired mathematics of the Victorian era begot later secular philosophies. Zusammenfassung Using an array of published and private sources! Cohen shows how philosophers and mathematicians seized upon the beautiful simplicity inherent in mathematical laws to reconnect with the divine and traces the route by which the divinely inspired mathematics of the Victorian era begot later secular philosophies.

Info autore

Daniel J. Cohen is an assistant professor of history at George Mason University and the coauthor of Digital History: A Guide to Gathering, Preserving, and Presenting the Past on the Web.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Daniel J Cohen, Daniel J. Cohen, Daniel J. (Digital Public Library of Americ Cohen, Daniel J. (Digital Public Library of America) Cohen
• Editore: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 03.06.2007
• EAN: 9780801885532
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-8553-2
• Pagine: 256
• Dimensioni: 159 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Serie: Johns Hopkins Studies in the H; Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Mathematics; Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Mathematics; Johns Hopkins Studies in the H
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Matematica > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Età moderna fino al 1918; USA, MATHEMATICS / History & Philosophy, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Pastoral Resources, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Christianity, United Kingdom, Great Britain, United States of America, USA, History of mathematics, Religious social and pastoral thought and activity, Christian social thought & activity