Mathematics: the Language of Science
Author: George Oliver Smith
Publisher:
Published: 1961
Total Pages: 80
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTeaches the importance of learning mathematics since it is considered the language of science.
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The Language of Mathematics
Author: Robert L. Baber
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2011-09-09
Total Pages: 350
ISBN-13: 1118061764
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA new and unique way of understanding the translation of concepts and natural language into mathematical expressions Transforming a body of text into corresponding mathematical expressions and models is traditionally viewed and taught as a mathematical problem; it is also a task that most find difficult. The Language of Mathematics: Utilizing Math in Practice reveals a new way to view this process—not as a mathematical problem, but as a translation, or language, problem. By presenting the language of mathematics explicitly and systematically, this book helps readers to learn mathematics¿and improve their ability to apply mathematics more efficiently and effectively to practical problems in their own work. Using parts of speech to identify variables and functions in a mathematical model is a new approach, as is the insight that examining aspects of grammar is highly useful when formulating a corresponding mathematical model. This book identifies the basic elements of the language of mathematics, such as values, variables, and functions, while presenting the grammatical rules for combining them into expressions and other structures. The author describes and defines different notational forms for expressions, and also identifies the relationships between parts of speech and other grammatical elements in English and components of expressions in the language of mathematics. Extensive examples are used throughout that cover a wide range of real-world problems and feature diagrams and tables to facilitate understanding. The Language of Mathematics is a thought-provoking book of interest for readers who would like to learn more about the linguistic nature and aspects of mathematical notation. The book also serves as a valuable supplement for engineers, technicians, managers, and consultants who would like to improve their ability to apply mathematics effectively, systematically, and efficiently to practical problems.
The Language of Mathematics
Author: Mohan Ganesalingam
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2013-03-14
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 3642370128
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Language of Mathematics was awarded the E.W. Beth Dissertation Prize for outstanding dissertations in the fields of logic, language, and information. It innovatively combines techniques from linguistics, philosophy of mathematics, and computation to give the first wide-ranging analysis of mathematical language. It focuses particularly on a method for determining the complete meaning of mathematical texts and on resolving technical deficiencies in all standard accounts of the foundations of mathematics. "The thesis does far more than is required for a PhD: it is more like a lifetime's work packed into three years, and is a truly exceptional achievement." Timothy Gowers
Mathematics and Religion
Author: Javier Leach
Publisher: Templeton Press
Published: 2010-09-01
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781599471495
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMathematics and Religion: Our Languages of Sign and Symbol is the sixth title published in the Templeton Science and Religion Series, in which scientists from a wide range of fields distill their experience and knowledge into brief tours of their respective specialties. In this volume, Javier Leach, a mathematician and Jesuit priest, leads a fascinating study of the historical development of mathematical language and its influence on the evolution of metaphysical and theological languages. Leach traces three historical moments of change in this evolution: the introduction of the deductive method in Greece, the use of mathematics as a language of science in modern times, and the formalization of mathematical languages in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. As he unfolds this fascinating history, Leach notes the striking differences and interrelations between the two languages of science and religion. Until now there has been little reflection on these similarities and differences, or about how both languages can complement and enrich each other.
The Language of Mathematics
Author: Bill Barton
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2007-12-24
Total Pages: 186
ISBN-13: 0387728597
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book emerges from several contemporary concerns in mathematics, language, and mathematics education. However, the book takes a different stance with respect to language by combining discussion of linguistics and mathematics using examples from each to illustrate the other. The picture that emerges is of a subject that is much more contingent, much more relative, much more subject to human experience than is usually accepted. Another way of expressing this, is that the thesis of the book takes the idea of mathematics as a human creation, and, using the evidence from language, comes to more radical conclusions than most writers allow.
Number, the Language of Science
Author: Tobias Dantzig
Publisher:
Published: 1959
Total Pages: 360
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Language of Nature
Author: Geoffrey Gorham
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Published: 2016-06-15
Total Pages: 333
ISBN-13: 1452951853
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGalileo’s dictum that the book of nature “is written in the language of mathematics” is emblematic of the accepted view that the scientific revolution hinged on the conceptual and methodological integration of mathematics and natural philosophy. Although the mathematization of nature is a distinctive and crucial feature of the emergence of modern science in the seventeenth century, this volume shows that it was a far more complex, contested, and context-dependent phenomenon than the received historiography has indicated, and that philosophical controversies about the implications of mathematization cannot be understood in isolation from broader social developments related to the status and practice of mathematics in various commercial, political, and academic institutions. Contributors: Roger Ariew, U of South Florida; Richard T. W. Arthur, McMaster U; Lesley B. Cormack, U of Alberta; Daniel Garber, Princeton U; Ursula Goldenbaum, Emory U; Dana Jalobeanu, U of Bucharest; Douglas Jesseph, U of South Florida; Carla Rita Palmerino, Radboud U, Nijmegen and Open U of the Netherlands; Eileen Reeves, Princeton U; Christopher Smeenk, Western U; Justin E. H. Smith, U of Paris 7; Kurt Smith, Bloomsburg U of Pennsylvania.
Einstein's Heroes
Author: Robyn Arianrhod
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780195308907
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBlending science, history, and biography, this book reveals the mysteries of mathematics, focusing on the life and work of three of Albert Einstein's heroes: Isaac Newton, Michael Faraday, and James Clerk Maxwell.
Maths for Science
Author: Sally Jordan
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2012-09-06
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780199644964
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMaths for Science overturns the misconception that maths is a daunting, theory-filled subject by providing a confidence-boosting overview of essential mathematical skills and techniques. Written in a clear, straightforward style, with examples and practice problems throughout, it is the ideal guide for all science students.
Fundamentals of Scientific Mathematics
Author: George E. Owen
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2003-01-01
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780486428086
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRewarding undergraduate text, derived from an experimental program in teaching mathematics at the secondary-school level. This text provides a good introduction to geometry and matrices, vector algebra, analytic geometry, functions, and differential and integral calculus. "...solid modern mathematical content..." — American Scientist. Over 200 figures. 1964 edition.
