Book:Edward Kasner/Mathematics and the Imagination

Subject Matter

 * Mathematics
 * Philosophy

Contents

 * Introduction


 * I. NEW NAMES FOR OLD
 * II. BEYOND THE GOOGOL
 * III. $\pi, i, e$ (PIE)
 * IV. ASSORTED GEOMETRIES&mdash;PLANE AND FANCY
 * V. PASTIMES OF PAST AND PRESENT TIMES
 * VI. PARADOX LOST AND PARADOX REGAINED
 * VII. CHANCE AND CHANCEABILITY
 * VIII. RUBBER-SHEET GEOMETRY
 * IX. CHANGE AND CHANGEABILITY


 * EPILOGUE. MATHEMATICS AND THE IMAGINATION