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Complicating mathematics

Mark KacGian-Carlo RotaJacob T. Schwartz

pp. 153-155

Abstract

At the turn of the century, the Swiss historian Jakob Burckhardt, who, unlike most historians, was fond of guessing the future, once confided to his friend Friedrich Nietzsche the prediction that the Twentieth Century would be "the age of oversimplification."

Publication details

Published in:

Kac Mark, Rota Gian-Carlo (1986) Discrete thoughts: Essays on mathematics, science, and philosophy. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 153-155


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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-6667-4_11

Full citation:

Kac Mark, Rota Gian-Carlo, Schwartz Jacob T (1986) Complicating mathematics, In: Discrete thoughts, Dordrecht, Springer, 153–155.