| Chapter | | Page | | I. | Definitions and Object of Mathematics | 1 | | II. | The Nature of Mathematics | 10 | | III. | Estimates of Mathematics | 39 | | IV. | The Value of Mathematics | 49 | | V. | The Teaching of Mathematics | 72 | | VI. | Study and Research in Mathematics | 86 | | VII. | Modern Mathematics | 108 | | VIII. | The Mathematician | 121 | | IX. | Persons and Anecdotes (A-M) | 135 | | X. | Persons and Anecdotes (N-Z) | 166 | | XI. | Mathematics as a Fine Art | 181 | | XII. | Mathematics as a Language | 194 | | XIII. | Mathematics and Logic | 201 | | XIV. | Mathematics and Philosophy | 209 | | XV. | Mathematics and Science | 224 | | XVI. | Arithmetic | 261 | | XVII. | Algebra | 275 | | XVIII. | Geometry | 292 | | XIX. | The Calculus and Allied Topics | 323 | | XX. | The Fundamental Concepts of Time and Space | 345 | | XXI. | Paradoxes and Curiosities | 364 | | Index | | 385 |
Alles Gescheite ist schon gedacht worden; man muss nur versuchen, es noch einmal zu denken.—Goethe. SprÜche in Prosa, Ethisches, I. 1. A great man quotes bravely, and will not draw on his invention when his memory serves him with a word as good.—Emerson. Letters and Social Aims, Quotation and Originality.
MEMORABILIA MATHEMATICA
MEMORABILIA MATHEMATICA
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