Number: The Language of Science

Number: The Language of Science: A Critical Survey Written for the Cultured Non-Mathematician
Title page for Number: The Language of Science: A Critical Survey Written for the Cultured Non-Mathematician (1945 Third edition)
AuthorTobias Dantzig
LanguageEnglish
GenreMathematics
PublisherMacmillan Publishing
Publication date1930
Publication placeUnited States

Number: The Language of Science: A Critical Survey Written for the Cultured Non-Mathematician is a popular mathematics book by Tobias Dantzig. The original U.S. publication was by Macmillan in 1930. A second edition (third impression) was published in 1947 in Prague by Melantrich Company. The book recounts the history of mathematical ideas.

Chapters

The book has 12 chapters. There is an appendix of illustrations. The third edition contains a separate section for essays, at the book's end.

  1. Fingerprints
  2. The Empty Column
  3. Number Lore
  4. The Last Number
  5. Symbols
  6. The Unutterable
  7. This Flowing World
  8. The Act of Becoming
  9. Filling the Gaps
  10. The Domain of Number
  11. The Anatomy of the Infinite
  12. The Two Realities

References

  1. ↑ Booklist Books, a Selection (1931) listed in last section of (1922-1933) collection of the American Library Association, p.10
  2. ↑ Dantzig, Tobias (1932-11-26). 'Number: The Language of Science (A Critical Survey Written for the Cultured Non-Mathematician. George Allen & Unwin Ltd. p. 320.