PREFACE
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I DEFINITIONS AND OBJECT OF MATHEMATICS
CHAPTER II THE NATURE OF MATHEMATICS
CHAPTER III ESTIMATES OF MATHEMATICS
CHAPTER IV THE VALUE OF MATHEMATICS
CHAPTER V THE TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS
CHAPTER VI STUDY AND RESEARCH IN MATHEMATICS
CHAPTER VII MODERN MATHEMATICS
CHAPTER VIII THE MATHEMATICIAN
CHAPTER IX PERSONS AND ANECDOTES (A-M)
CHAPTER X PERSONS AND ANECDOTES (N-Z)
CHAPTER XI MATHEMATICS AS A FINE ART
CHAPTER XII MATHEMATICS AS A LANGUAGE
CHAPTER XIII MATHEMATICS AND LOGIC
CHAPTER XIV MATHEMATICS AND PHILOSOPHY
CHAPTER XV MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE
CHAPTER XVI ARITHMETIC
CHAPTER XVII ALGEBRA
CHAPTER XVIII GEOMETRY
CHAPTER XIX THE CALCULUS AND ALLIED TOPICS
CHAPTER XX THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS, TIME AND SPACE
CHAPTER XXI PARADOXES AND CURIOSITIES
INDEX
Footnotes
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BY
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PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
New York
1914
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ROBERT EDOUARD MORITZ