Technology and Mathematics : Philosophical and Historical Investigations, EPUB eBook

Technology and Mathematics : Philosophical and Historical Investigations EPUB

Edited by Sven Ove Hansson

Part of the Philosophy of Engineering and Technology series

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This volume is the first extensive study of the historical and philosophical connections between technology and mathematics. Coverage includes the use of mathematics in ancient as well as modern technology, devices and machines for computation, cryptology, mathematics in technological education, the epistemology of computer-mediated proofs, and the relationship between technological and mathematical computability. The book also examines the work of such historical figures as Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Charles Babbage, Ada Lovelace, and Alan Turing.

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