Placeholder text

Go to cart

The Waltz of Reason

By Karl Sigmund

The Waltz of Reason Philosophy

The Waltz of Reason

0 - Default Title
Description
"A mind-bending jaunt ... that makes clear in fascinating detail how math is more than a sum of its parts" (Publishers Weekly) Winner of the Neumann Prize “Let no one ignorant of geometry enter here,” Plato warned would-be philosophers. Mathematician Karl Sigmund agrees. In The Waltz of Reason, he shows how mathematics and philosophy together have shaped our understanding of space, chance, logic, cooperation, voting, and the social contract. Sigmund shows how game theory is integral to moral philosophy, how statistics shaped the meaning of reason, and how the search for a logical basis for math leads to deep questions about the nature of truth itself. But this is no dry tome: Sigmund’s wit and humor shine as brightly as his erudition. The Waltz of Reason is an engrossing history of ideas as vibrant as a ballroom full of dancers, one that empowers as it entertains, following the complex and occasionally dizzying steps of the thinkers who have molded our thought and founded our world.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
448
Release Date:
2023-12-19
Publication Date:
2023-12-19
Publisher:
Basic Books
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1541602692
ISBN13:
9781541602694
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
662 g
Height:
153 cm
Width:
239 cm
Thickness:
38 cm
Buy on Amazon
Currently sold out