- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
- Summary
- Computation is revolutionizing our world, even the inner world of the 'pure' mathematician. Mathematical methods - especially the notion of proof - that have their roots in classical antiquity have seen a radical transformation since the 1970s, as successive advances have challenged the priority of reason over computation. Like many revolutions, this one comes from within. Computation, calculation, algorithms - all have played an important role in mathematical progress from the beginning - but behind the scenes, their contribution was obscured in the enduring mathematical literature. To understand the future of mathematics, this fascinating book returns to its past, tracing the hidden history that follows the thread of computation. Along the way it invites us to reconsider the dialog between mathematics and the natural sciences, as well as the relationship between mathematics and computer science. It also sheds new light on philosophical concepts, such as the notions of analytic and synthetic judgment. Finally, it brings us to the brink of the new age, in which machine intelligence offers new ways of solving mathematical problems previously inaccessible. This book is the 2007 winner of the Grand Prix de Philosophie de l'Académie Française.
- Uniform Title
- Les métamorphoses du calcul fre
- Alternative Title
- Les métamorphoses du calcul
- Mathematics enters a new age
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Translated by Pierre Guillot and Marion Roman.
- Originally published in French as: Les métamorphoses du calcul by Editions le Pommier, Paris, 2007.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Source of Description (note)
- Description based on online resource; title from title page (Safari, viewed June 18, 2015).
- ISBN
- 0521118018
- 9780521118019
- 9781139026581
- 1139026585
- LCCN
- 2015004116
- OCLC
- 911656443
- Author
Dowek, Gilles, author.
- Title
Computation, proof, machine : mathematics enters a new age / Gilles Dowek ; translated from the French by Pierre Guillot and Marion Roman.
- Publisher
New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
- Edition
First English edition.
- Type of Content
text
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
- Connect to:
- Chronological Term
1900-1999
- Added Author
Guillot, Pierre, 1978- translator.
Roman, Marion, translator.