438 pp., xxiv. First published in 1951; Republished in 1987: this copy First Printing of 1987 Republication issue, with '1' in number line. Following Foreword by Martin Gardner, Author's Introduction, "To the Reader", and "List of Names", Contents divided into 20 Chapters: (1) "Points Of View"; (2) "Mathematical Truth"; I(3) "Breaking Bounds"; (4) " 'The Same, Yet Not The Same' "; (5) "The Art Of Abstraction"; (6) Oaks From Acorns"; (7) "PictorialThinking"; (8) "Landmarks Old And New"; (9) "Groups"; (10) "A Metrical Universe"; (11) "The Queen of Mathematics"; (12) "Abstraction and Prediction"; (13) "From Cyzicus to Neptune"; (14) "Two Kinds of Picture"; (15) "The Chief Instrument of Applied Mathematics"; (16) "Further Calculuses"; (17) "Waves and Vibrations"; (18) "Choice and Chance"; (19) " 'Storming The Heavens' "; (20) "Bedrock"; Index, pp. 417-437; Peter L. Renz, "On Mathematical Terminology," p. 438. Glossy white wrappers with title lettering and subtitle across upper third front cover, below author name lettering in smaller black letters across top front cover; yellow and black illustration on lower two-thirds front cover. HINT of faint foxing on top edge; two small, nugatory indents on front cover; 4" very superficial surface crease down middle rear cover: describes much, much worse than it is, but there you have it. Tight binding (NO cracks); sharp corners; NO remainder marks; NO previous owner names. Clean Text. Appears UNREAD. N� de ref. del art�culo 002447

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T�tulo: Mathematics, Queen and Servant of Science

Editorial: Tempus Books / Microsoft Press, Redmond, WA

A�o de publicaci�n: 1987

Encuadernaci�n: Soft cover

Condici�n: Fine

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Retired academic's reference library with specialization in philosophy, religion, science, and mathematics--all scholarly subject areas; Pre-Socratics to contemporary; biographies; some series collections. General stock also, including fiction, poetry, literary criticism, mysteries, some foreign language, children's, history, sociology, psychology, education. Some signed copies.

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