Technology and Mathematics
Philosophical and Historical Investigations
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Beschreibung
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.
Examines the interrelations between technology and mathematics
Combines philosophical and historical approaches to the technology–mathematics relationship
The contributors include leading experts in the philosophy and history of both technology and mathematics
Examines the interrelations between technology and mathematics Combines philosophical and historical approaches to the technology–mathematics relationship The contributors include leading experts in the philosophy and history of both technology and mathematics
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Sven Ove Hansson
Themen in »Technology and Mathematics«
Philosophy of Mathematics Philosophy of Computing History of Mathematics History of Technology Mathematics and Mechanical Computation computation in the medieval and modern era impact of WWII cryptology on post-war mathematics mathematical origins of modern computing Technological uses of mathematics Mathematical models of technological and social complexity Epistemology of Computer-Mediated Proofs physical Church-Turing thesis Quantum Reflections on Computational Complexity Practical limits to the effectiveness of mathematics