The Mathematics of the Gods and the Algorithms of Men: A Cultural History Psychology & Hypnosis a novel of both heart

a novel of both heart and intellect

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With an epilogue by Joseph Masheck

The Mathematics of the Gods and the Algorithms of Men: A Cultural History Psychology & Hypnosis a novel of both heartIs mathematics a discovery or an invention? Do numbers truly exist? What sort of reality do formulas describe? The complexity of mathematics its abstract rules and obscure symbols can seem very distant from the everyday. There are those things that are real and present, it is supposed, and then there are mathematical concepts: creations of our mind, mysterious tools for those unengaged with the world. Yet, from its most remote history and deepest