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Euclid in the Rainforest

內容簡介

內容簡介 Like Douglas Hofstadter’s Gödel, Escher, Bach, and David Berlinski’s A Tour of the Calculus, Euclid in the Rainforest combines the literary with the mathematical to explorelogic—the one indispensable tool in man’s quest to understand the world. Underpinning both math and science, it is the foundation of every major advancement in knowledge since the time of the ancient Greeks. Through adventure stories and historical narratives populated with a rich and quirky cast of characters, Mazur artfully reveals the less-than-airtight nature of logic and the muddled relationship between math and the real world. Ultimately, Mazur argues, logical reasoning is not purely robotic. At its most basic level, it is a creative process guided by our intuitions and beliefs about the world.

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各界推薦 【96年4月好讀推薦】本書以流暢的文筆和幽默的故事，將被視為艱澀乏味的學科講述得引人入勝。雨林裡的士兵如何將山谷裡的卡車吊起？哪裡是「有限的終點」和「無限的起點」？我們如何確定有關物理世界的陳述是正確的？Mazur 教授以浸淫數學三十餘年的功力，為平凡的日常生活與奇妙的數學世界搭起橋樑。 ◎推薦理由：MIT 數學博士Joseph Mazur 為二○○六年古根漢學術獎得主。

作者介紹

作者介紹 Joseph Mazur is Professor of Mathematics at Marlboro College, where he has taught a wide range of classes in all areas of mathematics, its history, and philosophy.

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