The Prospects for Mathematics in a Multimedia Civilization

First let me explain my use of the phrase “multimedia civilization.”* I mean it in two senses. In my first usage, it is simply a synonym for our contemporary digital world, our click-click world, our “press 1,2, or 3 world”, a world with a diminishing number of flesh-and-blood servers to talk to. Th...

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Published inThe Best Writing on Mathematics 2013 Vol. 4; pp. 1 - 22
Main Author Davis, Philip J
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Princeton University Press 19.01.2014
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Applied mathematics
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MATHEMATICS
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Multimedia materials
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Summary:First let me explain my use of the phrase “multimedia civilization.”* I mean it in two senses. In my first usage, it is simply a synonym for our contemporary digital world, our click-click world, our “press 1,2, or 3 world”, a world with a diminishing number of flesh-and-blood servers to talk to. This is our world, now and for the indefinite future. It is a world that in some tiny measure most of us have helped make and foster. In my second usage, I refer to the widespread and increasing use of computers, fax, e-mail, the Internet, CD-ROMs, iPods, search
ISBN:9780691160412
0691160414
DOI:10.1515/9781400847990-003