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Author Cohen, Daniel J. (Daniel Jared), 1968-

Title Equations from God : pure mathematics and Victorian faith / Daniel J. Cohen.

Publication Info. Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, [2007]
©2007

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Description 1 online resource (x, 242 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Johns Hopkins studies in the history of mathematics
Johns Hopkins studies in the history of mathematics.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-234) and index.
Contents Introduction : The allure of pure mathematics in the Victorian Age -- Heavenly symbols : sources of Victorian mathematical idealism -- God and math at Harvard : Benjamin Peirce and the divinity of mathematics -- George Boole and the genesis of symbolic logic -- Augustus De Morgan and the logic of relations -- Earthly calculations : mathematics and professionalism in the late nineteenth century.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Religion and science.
Religion and science.
Mathematics.
Mathematics.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Cohen, Daniel J. (Daniel Jared), 1968- Equations from God. Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, ©2007 9780801885532 0801885531 (DLC) 2006019751 (OCoLC)70174854
ISBN 9781435692558 (electronic book)
1435692551 (electronic book)
9780801885532 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
0801885531 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)