Great currents of mathematical thought 伟大的数学思想

Years in the making, this feast of mathematical ideas comprises works by 50 eminent French scholars. The first book of the two-volume set embraces "Mathematics: Concepts and Development," with several essays each under the categories of "Structures," Disciplines," "Space," "Function," "Group," "Probability," and "The Mathematical Epic." The second volume, "Mathematics in the Arts and Sciences," comprises essays on "Mathematics and the Human Intellect," "Mathematics and Technology," and "Mathematics and Civilization." 1962 edition.

Preface to the Second Edition
Foreword
An Unpublished Letter of Paul Valery
Introduction
Part Ⅰ, The Temple of Mathematics
　1.Definitions in Mathematics by Nicolas Borel
　2.The Architecture of Mathematics by Nicolas Bourbaki
　3.Analogy in Mathematics by Robert Dehheil
　4.Symmetry and Dissymmetry in Mathematics and Physics by Albert Lautman
　5.Intuitive Approaches Toward some Vital Organs of Mathematics by Georges Bouligand
　6.The Natural Number and its Generalizations by Mauriee Freehet
7.A Mathematical Enigma: Fermat's Last Theorem by Theophile Got
　8.The History of the Mysterious Numbers by Paul Dubreil
　9.The Problem of the Infinite: Transfinite Numbers and Alephs by Henri Eyraud
　10.From Three-Dimensional Space to the Abstract Spaces by Maurice Freehet
　11.A Journey into the Fourth Dimension by Andre Sainte-Lagtie
　12.On the Curvature of Space and the Possibility of Forming a Conception of it by Elementary Means by Rene Thiry
　13.The Origin and the Evolution of the Notion of an Analytic Function of One Variable by Georges Valiron　
　14.The Role of Families of Functions in Mathematical Analysis by Paul Montel
　15.From Cauchy to Riemann, or the Birth of the Theory of Real Functions by Jean T. Desanti
　16.The Innateness of the Transfinite by Arnoud Denjoy D. GRouP
　17.The Notion of Group its Power and its Limitations by Andr6 Lentin
　18.Modern Opinions on the Foundations of the Theory of Probability by Robert Fortet
　19.Chance and Mathematics by Pius Servien
Part Ⅱ, The Mathematical Epic
　20.A General View of the Evolution of Mathematics by Paul Germain
　21.Views on Newton's Mathematical Thought by Pierre Brunet
　22.A Centenary: Sophus Lie by ]~lie Cartan
　23.Women Mathematicians by Mme. Marie-Louise Dubreil-Jacodn
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