The Common Sense of the Exact Sciences

Published in 1885, this instructive work explores five fundamental areas of mathematics: number, space, quantity, position and motion.

Zusammenfassung
The mathematician William Kingdon Clifford (1845-79) intended this work to be intelligible to non-specialists. Unfinished at his death, the book was completed by Karl Pearson and published in 1885. It explores five fundamental areas of mathematics - number, space, quantity, position and motion - delivering several original results along the way.

Inhalt

Preface; 1. Number; 2. Space; 3. Quantity; 4. Position; 5. Motion.