On Sunday, May 12, 2019 at 12:31:12 PM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > Concerning mathematical logic and theology, an incredible book is: > > Cohen J. Daniel, 2007. Equations from God, Pure Mathematics and Victorian > Faith, John Hopkins Press, Baltimore. > > That book shows that the whole field of mathematical logic is born from > Victorian Faith. I suspected this from my reading of Lewis Carroll, but I > did not suspect it to be so historically true. Then, it explains the way > this has been hidden, for the professional benefits of the whole of > Mathematics, but that did not help for the field of theology, alas. > > > Bruno > >
Now that book I have never heard of before! https://books.google.com/books/about/Equations_from_God.html?id=eYtfAQAACAAJ Incredible. (No pun intended.) Throughout history, a*pplication rather than abstraction* has been the prominent driving force in mathematics. From the compass and sextant to partial differential equations, mathematical advances were spurred by the desire for better navigation tools, weaponry, and construction methods. But the religious upheaval in Victorian England and the fledgling United States opened the way for* the rediscovery of pure mathematics*, a tradition rooted in Ancient Greece. In "Equations from God," Daniel J. Cohen captures the origins of the rebirth of abstract mathematics in the intellectual quest to rise above common existence and touch the mind of the deity. Using an array of published and private sources, Cohen shows how philosophers and mathematicians seized upon the beautiful simplicity inherent in mathematical laws *to reconnect with the divine* and traces the route by which the divinely inspired mathematics of the Victorian era begot later secular philosophies. Thank you. This made my day. @philipthrift (Ph.D., Applied Mathematics) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/29a7c08e-4570-44ff-b11b-ff76e21f8882%40googlegroups.com.
