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Memorabilia Mathematica; or, the Philomath's Quotation-Book

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Memorabilia Mathematica; or, the Philomath's Quotation-Book

Robert Édouard Moritz

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Mathematicians talk about their subject the way lovers do. Robert Moritz collected more than a thousand passages on the definitions, nature, value and teaching of mathematics, drawn from scientists, philosophers and poets, arranged by theme for the devoted philomath. A quotation book where equations meet eloquence. Proof, if you need it, that the driest science inspires the warmest praise.

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27 chapters

  1. 1MEMORABILIA MATHEMATICA OR THE PHILOMATH’S QUOTATION-BOOK
  2. 2PREFACE
  3. 3Table of Contents
  4. 4CHAPTER I DEFINITIONS AND OBJECT OF MATHEMATICS
  5. 5CHAPTER II THE NATURE OF MATHEMATICS
  6. 6CHAPTER III ESTIMATES OF MATHEMATICS
  7. 7CHAPTER IV THE VALUE OF MATHEMATICS
  8. 8CHAPTER V THE TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS
  9. 9CHAPTER VI STUDY AND RESEARCH IN MATHEMATICS
  10. 10CHAPTER VII MODERN MATHEMATICS
  11. 11CHAPTER VIII THE MATHEMATICIAN
  12. 12CHAPTER IX PERSONS AND ANECDOTES (A-M)
  13. 13CHAPTER X PERSONS AND ANECDOTES (N-Z)
  14. 14CHAPTER XI MATHEMATICS AS A FINE ART
  15. 15CHAPTER XII MATHEMATICS AS A LANGUAGE
  16. 16CHAPTER XIII MATHEMATICS AND LOGIC
  17. 17CHAPTER XIV MATHEMATICS AND PHILOSOPHY
  18. 18CHAPTER XV MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE

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