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- catalog abstract "This book analyzes the different ways mathematics is applicable in the physical sciences, and presents a startling thesis - the success of mathematical physics appears to assign the human mind a special place in the cosmos.".
- catalog contributor b10815933.
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references ([203]-209) and index.".
- catalog description "The semantic applicability of mathematics: Frege's achievements -- The descriptive applicability of mathematics -- Mathematics, analogies, and discovery in physics -- Pythagorean analogies in physics -- Formalisms and formalist reasoning in quantum mechanics -- Formalist reasoning: the mystery of quantization -- Appendix A.A "nonphysical" derivation of quantum mechanics -- Appendix B. Nucleon-pion scattering -- Appendix C. Nonrelativistic Schroedinger equation with spin.".
- catalog description "This book analyzes the different ways mathematics is applicable in the physical sciences, and presents a startling thesis - the success of mathematical physics appears to assign the human mind a special place in the cosmos.".
- catalog extent "viii, 215 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "067404097X (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press,".
- catalog subject "530.15 21".
- catalog subject "Mathematical physics.".
- catalog subject "Mathematics Philosophy.".
- catalog subject "QC20 .S743 1998".
- catalog tableOfContents "The semantic applicability of mathematics: Frege's achievements -- The descriptive applicability of mathematics -- Mathematics, analogies, and discovery in physics -- Pythagorean analogies in physics -- Formalisms and formalist reasoning in quantum mechanics -- Formalist reasoning: the mystery of quantization -- Appendix A.A "nonphysical" derivation of quantum mechanics -- Appendix B. Nucleon-pion scattering -- Appendix C. Nonrelativistic Schroedinger equation with spin.".
- catalog title "The applicability of mathematics as a philosophical problem / Mark Steiner.".
- catalog type "text".