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888919
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Mathematics and science /\ edited by Ronald E. Mickens.
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| Publication Statement
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Singapore ;Teaneck, N.J. :: World Scientific,, ©1990.
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viii, 342 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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9789810202330
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: 9810202334
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-327) and index.
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| Contents
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On the effectiveness and limits of mathematics in physics / A.O. Barut -- Why is the universe knowable? / P.C.W. Davies -- Mathematics in sociology / Patrick Doreian -- Fundamental roles of mathematics in science / Donald Greenspan -- Inner vision, outer truth / Reuben Hersh -- Mathematics and the natural order / Wendell G. Holladay -- A few systems-colored views of the world / Yi Lin -- The reasonable effectiveness of mathematical reasoning / Saunders Mac Lane -- Three aspects of the effectiveness of mathematics in science / Louis Narens and R. Duncan Luce -- Mathematics and natural philosophy / Robert L. Oldershaw -- Mathematics and the language of nature / F. David Peat -- The reason within and the reason without / John Polkinghorne.
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The modelling relation and natural law / Robert Rosen -- Structure and effectiveness / La Verne Shelton -- Psychology and mathematics / James T. Townsend and Helena Kadlec -- Ariadne's thread : the role of mathematics in physics / Hans C. von Baeyer -- The disproportionate response / Bruce J. West -- The unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics in the natural sciences / Eugene P. Wigner (reprint) -- The effectiveness of mathematics in fundamental physics / A. Zee.
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Mathematics-- Philosophy.
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Science-- Philosophy.
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Mathématiques-- Philosophie.
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Sciences-- Philosophie.
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Mathematics-- Philosophy.
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Science-- Philosophy.
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Aufsatzsammlung.
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Mathematik.
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Mathematik.
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Mathematische Methode.
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Mathematische Methode.
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Wissenschaft.
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Wissenschaft.
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| Dewey Classification
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510/.1
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| LC Classification
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QA8.6.M38 1990
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*00A30msc
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00A69msc
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00B10msc
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SK 950rvk
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| Added Entry
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Mickens, Ronald E.,1943-
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