The Applicability of Mathematics as a Philosophical Problem
Harvard University Press (1998)
| Abstract | This book analyzes the different ways mathematics is applicable in the physical sciences, and presents a startling thesis--the success of mathematical physics ... | |||||||||
| Keywords | Mathematical physics Mathematics Philosophy | |||||||||
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| Call number | QC20.S743 1998 | |||||||||
| ISBN(s) | 067404097X 9780674040977 | |||||||||
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