> On 12 May 2019, at 20:38, Philip Thrift <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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 > <https://books.google.com/books/about/Equations_from_God.html?id=eYtfAQAACAAJ> > > Incredible. (No pun intended.) > > Throughout history, application 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)
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