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Mathematics and the divine : a historical study
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ISBN: 9780444503282 0444503285 9786610638079 1280638079 0080457355 9780080457352 Year: 2004 Publisher: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier,

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Mathematics and the Divine seem to correspond to diametrically opposed tendencies of the human mind. Does the mathematician not seek what is precisely defined, and do the objects intended by the mystic and the theologian not lie beyond definition? Is mathematics not Man's search for a measure, and isn't the Divine that which is immeasurable ?The present book shows that the domains of mathematics and the Divine, which may seem so radically separated, have throughout history and across cultures, proved to be intimately related. Religious activities such as the building of temples, the tellin

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