Format:
Online-Ressource (305 p)
ISBN:
9780198703051
Content:
To open a newspaper or turn on the television it would appear that science and religion are polar opposites - mutually exclusive bedfellows competing for hearts and minds. There is little indication of the rich interaction between religion and science throughout history, much of which continues today. From ancient to modern times, mathematicians have played a key role in this interaction. This is a book on the relationship between mathematics and religious beliefs. It aims to show that, throughout scientific history, mathematics has been used to make sense of the 'big' questions of life, and t
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Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Contents; 1. Introduction; Mark McCartney; 2. The Pythagoreans: number and numerology; Andrew Gregory; 3. Divine light; Allan Chapman; 4. Kepler and his Trinitarian cosmology; Owen Gingerich; 5. The Lull before the storm: combinatorics in the Renaissance; Robin Wilson and John Fauvel; 6. Mystical arithmetic in the Renaissance: from biblical hermeneutics to a philosophical tool; Jean-Pierre Brach; 7. Newton, God, and the mathematics of the two books; Rob Iliffe ; 8. Maria Gaetana Agnesi, mathematician of God; Massimo Mazzotti
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9. Capital G for Geometry: Masonic lore and the history of geometrySnezana Lawrence; 10. Charles Dodgson's work for God; Mark Richards; 11. P.G. Tait, Balfour Stewart, and The Unseen Universe; Elizabeth F. Lewis; 12. Faith and Flatland; Melanie Bayley; 13. Gödel's 'proof' for the existence of God; C. Anthony Anderson; Author biographies; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780191007545
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780198703051
Additional Edition:
Print version Mathematicians and their Gods: Interactions between mathematics and religious beliefs
Language:
English
Keywords:
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