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El sueño de Descartes: El mundo según las matemáticas (original 1986; edition 1994)

by Philip J. Davis (Author), Reuben Hersh (Author)

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Discusses the impact that mathematics and computers have on our intellectual and emotional lives.
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Title:El sueño de Descartes: El mundo según las matemáticas
Authors:Philip J. Davis (Author)
Other authors:Reuben Hersh (Author)
Info:Barcelona RBA D.L. 1994
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Tags:001 Ciencia y conocimiento en general. Organización del trabajo intelectual. Divulgación de la ciencia, 51 Matemáticas, Biblioteca de Divulgación Científica Muy Interesante. Ediciones Orbis

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Descartes' Dream: The World According to Mathematics by Philip J. Davis (1986)

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Reflections on mathematical thinking, from the transitional period of the 1980s when computers were changing the everyday practice of mathematics. ( )
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510.1Natural sciences and mathematics › Mathematics › General Mathematics › Philosophy And Psychology

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