Why Do We Study Mathematics Pdf

Why Do We Study Mathematics

Excerpt from Why Do We Study Mathematics: A Philosophical and Historical RetrospectThe thought that impresses itself most forcibly upon ones mind as one approaches this subject of the part which the study of mathematics plays in education, is the extremely fortunate and exalted position that this discipline occupies in the hierarchy of the sciences that have been selected as especially designed to inform and cultivate the human mind. The oldest branch of human knowledge to be investigated, the first to take systematic and dogmatic form, it has, in the three thousand or more years of its development, rarely halted in its advances and never ceased to fructify either the fields of practical knowledge or the loftier realms of metaphysical thought. Men of affairs and philosophers, whether for material gain or pure intellectual enhancement, have, for ages, alike looked to it for succor and guidance; and wherever, in the history of human thought, it has appeared that the ideals of truth and certitude were destined to extinction, there in its despair thinking humanity has found in the irrefragable conclusions of mathematics an unfailing solace and support. Encircled with a halo of divinity by Pythagoras and Plato, with whom the laws of nature were but the geometrical thoughts of God, it ran serene and undisturbed the solitary gamut of its development through the entire history of philosophy, embracing, dominating, and even submerging in Descartes, Spinoza, and Kant the whole structure of human knowledge, and furnishing the prototype of all human investigation of truth.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.Эта книга будет изготовлена в соответствии с Вашим заказом по технологии Print-on-Demand компанией ООО «Книга по Требованию». Print-on-Demand - это технология печати книг по Вашему заказу на цифровом типографском оборудовании. Книга, произведенная по технологии Print-on-Demand (POD) представляет собой классическую печатную книгу с соблюдением всех стандартов качества, от офсетной бумаги и плотного картона до качественного клея, используемого при изготовлении. Черно-белая текстовая или полноцветная иллюстрированная книга (в зависимости от исходного файла, подготовленного к печати) может быть изготовлена в разных вариантах: - в мягкой обложке (Клеевое Бесшвейное Скрепление); - скрепление скобой (для книг с небольшим количеством страниц); - в твердом переплете с клееным текстовым блоком; Материалы, используемые при производстве книги: - бумага текстового блока - офсетная (белая или кремовая) 80 г/м2 - мягкая обложка - бумага мелованная 250 г/м2; - ламинация обложки - матовая или глянцевая; - твердый переплет - картон 2 мм, каптал, белые форзацы, прямой корешок - сверхпрочный полимерный клей; - каждая книга упакована в термопленку. Каждый заказ обрабатывается в индивидуальном порядке: каждой книге, напечатанной по технологии Print-on-Demand, присваивается уникальный номер.