Wilder, Raymond Louis, 1896-
Mathematics as a cultural system / by Raymond L. Wilder.
— 1st ed. — Oxford : Pergamon Press, 1981. xii, 182 p. ; 22 cm. — (Foundations and philosophy of science and technology series)
Bibliografía: p. 167-171.
Contenido: 1. The nature of culture and cultural systems — 2. Examples of cultural patterns observable in the evolution of mathematics — 3. Historical episodes; a laboratory for the study of cultural change — 4. Potential of a theory or field; hereditary stress — 5. Consolidation: force and process — 6. The exceptional individual; singularities in the evolution of mathematics — 7. "Laws" governing the evolution of mathematics — 8. Mathematics in the 20th century; role and future.
ISBN 0080257968
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