An Introduction to Mathematics

A concise statement on the nature and meaning of mathematics for the general student, this volume by a prominent English philosopher and mathematician explains what math is about, what it does, and how mathematicians do it. Generations of readers have benefited from this book, about which The New Yo [...]
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A concise statement on the nature and meaning of mathematics for the general student, this volume by a prominent English philosopher and mathematician explains what math is about, what it does, and how mathematicians do it. Generations of readers have benefited from this book, about which The New York Times remarked decades ago: "Whitehead doesn't popularize or make palatable; he is simply lucid and cogent ... should delight you."