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  • Mind and Nature

    Selected Writings on Philosophy, Mathematics, and Physics

    de Hermann Weyl ...
    Hermann Weyl (1885-1955) was one of the twentieth century's most important mathematicians, as well as a seminal figure in the development of quantum physics and general relativity. He was also an eloquent writer with a lifelong interest in the philosophical implications of the startling new scientific developments with which he was so involved. Mind and Nature is a collection of Weyl's most ... Leer más

    $47.59 USD

  • Sounding Bodies

    Music and the Making of Biomedical Science

    de Peter Pesic ...
    The unfolding influence of music and sound on the fundamental structure of the biomedical sciences, from ancient times to the present.Beginning in ancient Greece, Peter Pesic writes, music and sound significantly affected the development of the biomedical sciences. Physicians used rhythmical ratios to interpret the pulse, which inspired later efforts to record the pulse in musical notation. After ... Leer más

    $38.99 USD

  • Polyphonic Minds

    Music of the Hemispheres

    de Peter Pesic ...
    An exploration of polyphony and the perspective it offers on our own polyphonic brains.Polyphony—the interweaving of simultaneous sounds—is a crucial aspect of music that has deep implications for how we understand the mind. In Polyphonic Minds, Peter Pesic examines the history and significance of “polyphonicity”—of “many-voicedness”—in human experience. Pesic presents the emergence of Western ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD

  • Levels of Infinity

    Selected Writings on Mathematics and Philosophy

    de Hermann Weyl ...
    Series series Dover Books on Mathematics
    This original anthology assembles ten accessible essays by a giant of modern mathematics. Hermann Weyl (1885–1955) made lasting contributions to number theory as well as theoretical physics, and he was associated with Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study, the University of Göttingen, and ETH Zurich. Spanning the 1930s–50s, these articles offer insights into logic and relativity theory in ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • General Investigations of Curved Surfaces

    Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Peter Pesic

    de Karl Friedrich Gauss ...
    Traducido por Adam Hiltebeitel, James Morehead ...
    Series series Dover Books on Mathematics
    Gauss's theory of surfaces is among the purely mathematical achievements inspired by ideas that arose in connection with surveys of the surface of the earth. Long regarded as a masterpiece in content and form, this work features one of the author's most original contributions to mathematics--the discovery that Gauss termed the "Theorema Egregium." It consists of his penetrating definition of the ... Leer más

    $10.69 USD

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  • Temperament

    How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization

    de Stuart Isacoff ...
    Few music lovers realize that the arrangement of notes on today’s pianos was once regarded as a crime against God and nature, or that such legendary thinkers as Pythagoras, Plato, da Vinci, Galileo, Kepler, Descartes, Newton and Rousseau played a role in the controversy. Indeed, from the time of the Ancient Greeks through the eras of Renaissance scientists and Enlightenment philosophers, the ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • The Restless Clock

    A History of the Centuries-Long Argument over What Makes Living Things Tick

    de Jessica Riskin ...
    A "wide-ranging, witty, and astonishingly learned" scientific and cultural history of the concept of the capacity to act in nature ( London Review of Books).Today, a scientific explanation is not meant to ascribe agency to natural phenomena: we would not say a rock falls because it seeks the center of the earth. Even for living things, in the natural sciences and often in the social sciences, the ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Musicologia

    Musical Knowledge from Plato to John Cage

    de Robin Maconie ...
    In Musicologia—meaning "musical reasoning" as distinct from a mere love of music—author and composer Robin Maconie takes aim against the fashionable misconception that music is empty of meaning, or "auditory cheesecake." Fresh and penetrating insights draw attention to the influence of musical analogy in the history of science and philosophy from ancient Greece to modern times. Since music has ... Leer más

    $89.09 USD

  • Mathematical Thought From Ancient to Modern Times, Volume 2

    de Morris Kline ...
    This comprehensive history traces the development of mathematical ideas and the careers of the men responsible for them. Volume 1 looks at the disciplines origins in Babylon and Egypt, the creation of geometry and trigonometry by the Greeks, and the role of mathematics in the medieval and early modern periods. Volume 2 focuses on calculus, the rise of analysis in the 19th century, and the number ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

  • The Golden Ratio

    The Story of PHI, the World's Most Astonishing Number

    de Mario Livio ...
    Throughout history, thinkers from mathematicians to theologians have pondered the mysterious relationship between numbers and the nature of reality. In this fascinating book, Mario Livio tells the tale of a number at the heart of that mystery: phi, or 1.6180339887...This curious mathematical relationship, widely known as "The Golden Ratio," was discovered by Euclid more than two thousand years ago ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

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    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • The Logic of Scientific Discovery

    de Karl Popper ...
    Series series Routledge Classics
    Described by the philosopher A.J. Ayer as a work of 'great originality and power', this book revolutionized contemporary thinking on science and knowledge. Ideas such as the now legendary doctrine of 'falsificationism' electrified the scientific community, influencing even working scientists, as well as post-war philosophy. This astonishing work ranks alongside The Open Society and Its Enemies as ... Leer más

    $40.99 USD

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  • First Course In Integral Equations, A: Solutions Manual (Second Edition)

    de Abdul-majid Wazwaz ...
    The second edition of A First Course in Integral Equations integrates the newly developed methods with classical techniques to give modern and robust approaches for solving integral equations. The manual accompanying this edition contains solutions to all exercises with complete step-by-step details. To interested readers trying to master the concepts and powerful techniques, this manual is highly ... Leer más

    $26.99 USD