Book ID: CBB000741783

The Best of All Possible Worlds: Mathematics and Destiny (2006)

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Ekeland, Ivar (Author)


University of Chicago Press


Publication Date: 2006
Physical Details: 207 pp.; bibl.; index; ill.
Language: English

Description History of the idea of optimization in mathematics beginning in the 18th century and its applications in biology, economics, and politics.


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Review Sheynin, Oscar (2011) Review of "The Best of All Possible Worlds: Mathematics and Destiny". Almagest (pp. 146-147). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Lara Piersanti
Silvio Bozzi
Rossi, Andrea
Laks, Bernard
Fuller, Mark E.
Arrighi, Claudia
Concepts
Mathematics
Logic
Philosophy
Applied mathematics
Epistemology
Mathematical analysis
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
18th century
20th century, early
Places
Italy
Great Britain
Milan (Italy)
France
Institutions
Cambridge University
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