Mathematics: People, Problems, Results, Volume 3 |
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Contents
part one Computers | 1 |
The Language of Computers Lord Bowden | 2 |
Infinite Loops in Computer Programs Arthur Charlesworth | 15 |
Social Processes and Proofs of Theorems and Programs Richard A De Millo Richard J Lipton and Alan J Perlis | 24 |
Computer Science and Mathematics Donald E Knuth | 37 |
Coping with Hard Problems Gina Bari Kolata | 48 |
The Computer Versus Kepler Owen Gingerich | 52 |
Some Moral and Technical Consequences of Automation Norbert Wiener | 59 |
Statistics Sports and Some Other Things Robert Hooke | 148 |
Statistics Moliere and Henry Adams William Kruskal | 155 |
Deciding Authorship Frederick Mosteller and David L Wallace | 164 |
The Size of Things Herbert A Simon | 173 |
Mathematicians in Industrythe First 75 Years Thornton C | 179 |
Purity in Applications Tim Poston | 188 |
Applied Mathematics Is Bad Mathematics Paul R Halmos | 193 |
Early Years of the Mathematics Program at ONR Mina Rees | 201 |
Some Moral and Technical Consequences of AutomationA Refutation Arthur L Samuel | 66 |
part two Mathematics in Art and Nature | 69 |
Beauty in Mathematics Francois Le Lionnais | 71 |
Architecture and the Mathematical Spirit Le Corbusier | 89 |
Mathematics and Music Henri Martin | 99 |
Does Pure Mathematics Have a Relation to the Sciences? Felix E Browder | 104 |
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences Eugene P Wigner | 116 |
Nonanalytic Aspects of Mathematics and Their Implication for Research and Education Philip J Davis and James A Anderson | 126 |
Mathematics and Population Nathan Keyfitz | 141 |
part three Counting Guessing Using | 147 |
part four Sociology and Education | 207 |
Where and Why Elizabeth Fennema | 209 |
Rigor Versus Intuition in Mathematics John G Kemeny | 222 |
Some Social Characteristics of Mathematicians and Their Work Charles S Fisher | 230 |
Mathematics as Propaganda Neal Koblitz | 248 |
Can We Make Mathematics Intelligible? R P Boas | 255 |
The Nature of Current Mathematical Research Morris Kline | 261 |
Two Reviews of Why the Professor Cant Teach Harry Pollard and Peter Hilton | 274 |
How to Teach a Robot Marvin Minsky | 284 |
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Mathematics: People, Problems, Results, Volume 2 Douglas M. Campbell,John C. Higgins Limited preview - 1984 |
Mathematics: People, Problems, Results, Volume 2 Douglas M. Campbell,John C. Higgins Limited preview - 1984 |
Mathematics: People, Problems, Results, Volume 3 Douglas M. Campbell,John C. Higgins Limited preview - 1984 |
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