Mathematics and the search for knowledge / Morris Kline, Professor Emeritus, New York University.

New York : Oxford University Press, 1985.

vi, 257 pages : black and white illustrations ; 25 cm

Copy 1. Donor: Emeritus Professor Alan E. H. Emery.

The failings of the senses and intuition -- The rise and role of mathematics -- The astronomical worlds of the Greeks -- The heliocentric theory of Copernicus and Kepler -- Mathematics dominates physical science -- Mathematics and the mystery of gravitation -- Mathematics and the imperceptable electromagnetic world -- A prelude to the theory of relativity -- The relativistic world -- The dissolution of matter : quantum theory -- The reality of mathematical physics -- Why does mathematics work? -- Mathematics and nature's behavior.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-254) and index.