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|a Tubbs, Robert,
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|a What is a number? :
|b mathematical concepts and their origins /
|c Robert Tubbs.
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|a Baltimore :
|b Johns Hopkins University Press,
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|a Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-290) and index.
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|a Mysticism, number, and geometry : an introduction to Pythagoreanism -- The Elgin Marbles and Plato's geometric chemistry -- An introduction to infinity -- The flat Earth and the spherical sky -- Theology, logic, and questions about angels -- Time, infinity, and incommensurability -- Medieval theories of vision and the discovery of space -- The shape of space and the fourth dimension -- What is a number? -- The dual nature of points and lines -- Modern mathematical infinity -- Elegance and truth.
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