Equations from God: Pure Mathematics and Victorian Faith (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology) by Daniel J. Cohen (PDF)

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This illuminating history explores the complex relationship between mathematics, religious belief, and Victorian culture.Throughout history, application rather than abstraction has been the prominent driving force in mathematics. From the compass and sextant to partial differential equations, mathematical advances were spurred by the desire for better navigation tools, weaponry, and construction methods. But the religious upheaval in Victorian England and the fledgling United States opened the way for the rediscovery of pure mathematics, a tradition rooted in Ancient Greece.In Equations from God, Daniel J. Cohen captures the origins of the rebirth of abstract mathematics in the intellectual quest to rise above common existence and touch the mind of the deity. Using an array of published and private sources, Cohen shows how philosophers and mathematicians seized upon the beautiful simplicity inherent in mathematical laws to reconnect with the divine and traces the route by which the divinely inspired mathematics of the Victorian era begot later secular philosophies.

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⭐Just what I was looking for, thanks!First impressions: good disciplined and an enjoyable writing and it will take me some time to study. I am also a scholar with a strong interest in Professor Benjamin Peirce (1809-1880). The initial account of the discovery of Neptune focuses upon the European contributors and their claim that this discovery was the product of pure mathematics and calculation. Cohen may get there later in the book, but I immediately felt for the fact that Benjamin demonstrated that it was good fortune and not a calculation that led to the discovery of Neptune – and was demonstrated by his pure mathematics.I will revise this review as I become more familiar with the work.

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