The Magic of Numbers "Scientific developments can always be

"Scientific developments can always be made logical and rational with sufficient hindsight

the book requires no prior knowledge of partial differential equations or advanced vector analysis

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Based on courses taught at Stanford University and the California Institute of Technology

The Magic of Numbers "Scientific developments can always beFrom one of the foremost interpreters for lay readers of the history and meaning of mathematics: a stimulating account of the origins of mathematical thought and the development of numerical theory. It probes the work of Pythagoras, Galileo, Berkeley, Einstein, and others, exploring how "number magic" has influenced religion, philosophy, science, and mathematics Reprint of the Whittlesey House, McGraw Hill Book Co., Inc., New York, 1946 edition.