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Lang Matl
Author Tubbs, Robert, 1954-

Title What is a number? : mathematical concepts and their origins / Robert Tubbs.

Imprint Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.

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 CCQ - Lusail Female Library  QA8.4    Available
 CCQ - Lusail Male Library  QA8.4    Available
Description x, 305 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-290) and index.
Contents Mysticism, number, and geometry : an introduction to Pythagoreanism -- The Elgin Marbles and Plato's geometric chemistry -- An introduction to infinity -- The flat Earth and the spherical sky -- Theology, logic, and questions about angels -- Tim
Subject Mathematics -- Philosophy.
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.
Mathematics -- History.
ISBN 9780801890178 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
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