Alfred Tarski by Andrew McFarland, Joanna McFarland, James T.... - 9781493914739

Name: Alfred Tarski by Andrew McFarland, Joanna McFarland, James T.... - 9781493914739
Brand: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.

Springer-Verlag New York Inc.

Alfred TarskiEarly Work in PolandGeometry and Teaching\nAuthor(s): Andrew McFarland, Joanna McFarland, James T. Smith, Ivor Grattan-Guinness\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc., United States\nImprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.\nISBN-13: 9781493914739, 978-1493914739\nSynopsis\nAlfred Tarski [tel] was a renowned Polish/American mathematician, a giant of the twentieth century, who helped establish the foundations of geometry, set theory, model theory, algebraic logic and universal algebra. Throughout his career, he taught mathematics and logic at universities and sometimes in secondary schools. Many of his writings before 1939 were in Polish and remained inaccessible to most mathematicians and historians until now.\n\nThis self-contained book focuses on Tarskis early contributions to geometry and mathematics education, including the famous BanachTarski paradoxical decomposition of a sphere as well as high-school mathematical topics and pedagogy. These theme.