Mitos en Matemáticas
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Alberto Mart�nez, profesor de la Universidad de Texas, examina mitos en la historia de las matem�ticas: que Pit�goras demostr� el teorema de la hipotenusa; que Arqu�medes descubri� c�mo verificar la pureza de una corona de oro mientras estaba en una ba�era; que la Proporci�n de Oro est� en la naturaleza y en la arquitectura antigua; que es imposible dividir entre cero; que el joven Galois cre� la teor�a de grupos la noche antes del duelo de pistolas que lo mat�; y m�s. Algunos relatos son ciertos, y otros, totalmente falsos; pero todos ense�an c�mo la imaginaci�n afecta la historia. Este libro pregunta: C�mo cambia la historia cuando eliminamos las ficciones que los escritores han a�adido a lo largo de dos mil a�os?
Mitos en Matem�ticas aborda tambi�n la invenci�n en un sentido positivo. Mucha gente piensa en los grandes avances matem�ticos como descubrimientos -en lugar de como invenciones o actos de creatividad-, bajo su creencia de que las matem�ticas describen un reino de ideas eternas. No obstante, los matem�ticos han discrepado a lo largo de la historia sobre qu� es posible y qu� no, sobre qu� constituye una demostraci�n v�lida, y tambi�n, sobre los resultados de operaciones. Hubo invenci�n en la g�nesis de ciertas figuras geom�tricas, el cero, los n�meros negativos, los n�meros imaginarios, los cuaterniones, el infinito, o los infinitesimales? El Profesor Mart�nez examina cientos de fuentes primarias -escritas en varios idiomas y abarcando muchos siglos- para revelar discrepancias en la historia de los elementos matem�ticos, y desmentir los mitos que oscurecen los verdaderos or�genes. El autor sostiene que la historia rigurosa revela aspectos de las matem�ticas que, al haber sido tradicionalmente escondidos, pueden estimular la creatividad de los estudiantes y de los propios matem�ticos. Este libro es una traducci�n y nueva edici�n de The Cult of Pythagoras: Math and Myths, publicado por The University of Pittsburgh Press, en 2012. Rese�as: Libro Acad�mico Excepcional: El autor compara minuciosamente las fuentes con el fin de extraer aquello que podr�a constituir un hecho; su erudici�n es admirable. Toda disciplina requiere que su historia sea narrada de manera cuidadosa y provechosa, y Mart�nez logra este cometido con evidente �xito. Este libro constituye una valiosa incorporaci�n a toda biblioteca donde los buscadores de la verdad puedan hallar satisfacci�n.• Author(s): Clear | James • Publisher: Penguin • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Random House • Subject: General Books
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