Catalog Search Results
1) Return of the God hypothesis: three scientific discoveries that reveal the mind behind the Universe
Author
Language
English
Description
"The anticipated third book from New York Times bestselling author and respected Intelligent Design scholar Stephen C. Meyer makes a compelling argument for the existence of God based on breakthroughs in physics, cosmology, and biology"--
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this tour of the history of arguments for and against the existence of God, Nathan Schneider embarks on a remarkable intellectual, historical, and theological journey through the centuries of believers and unbelievers--from ancient Greeks, to medieval Arabs, to today's most eminent philosophers and the New Atheists. Framed by an account of Schneider's own unique journey, God in Proof illuminates the great minds who wrestled with one of history's...
Author
Series
Publisher
[Ted Sundstrom]
Pub. Date
[2015]-
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Mathematical Reasoning: Writing and Proof is designed to be a text for the first course in the college mathematics curriculum that introduces students to the processes of constructing and writing proofs and focuses on the formal development of mathematics. The primary goals of the text are to help students: Develop logical thinking skills and to develop the ability to think more abstractly in a proof oriented setting; Develop the ability to construct...
12) Proof theory
Author
Series
Compact Companion volume 3
Publisher
Logos Verlag Berlin
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Mathematical Association of America
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
"Theorems and their proofs lie at the heart of mathematics. In speaking of the purely aesthetic qualities of theorems and proofs, G. H. Hardy wrote that in beautiful proofs 'there is a very high degree of unexpectedness, combined with inevitability and economy'. Charming Proofs present a collection of remarkable proofs in elementary mathematics that are exceptionally elegant, full of ingenuity, and succinct. By means of a surprising argument or a...
16) Book of proof
Author
Series
Publisher
Department of Mathematics & Applied Mathematics, Virginia Commonwealth University
Pub. Date
2009-
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This is a book about how to prove theorems. Until this point in your education, you may have regarded mathematics primarily as a computational discipline. You have learned to solve equations, compute derivatives and integrals, multiply matrices and find determinants; and you have seen how these things can answer practical questions about the real world. In this setting, your primary goal in using mathematics has been to compute answers. But there...