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Author Gray, Jeremy, 1947-

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

Publication Info. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2008]
©2008

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 515 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
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Contents Modernism and mathematics -- Before modernism -- Mathematical modernism arrives -- Modernism avowed -- Faces of mathematics -- Mathematics, language, and psychology -- After the war.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-502) and index.
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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Subject Mathematics -- History -- 19th century.
Mathematics.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Mathematics -- Philosophy.
Mathematics -- Philosophy.
Aesthetics, Modern -- 19th century.
Aesthetics, Modern.
Chronological Term 1800 - 1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books -- History -- Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Gray, Jeremy, 1947- Plato's ghost. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2008 9780691136103 (DLC) 2007061027 (OCoLC)181517577
ISBN 9781400829040 (electronic book)
1400829046 (electronic book)
1282458353
9781282458352
9780691136103 (alkaline paper)
0691136106 (alkaline paper)