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    <title>Mathematics as metaphor</title>
    <subTitle>selected essays</subTitle>
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    <namePart>Manin, Yuri I.</namePart>
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    <namePart>Dyson, Freeman J.</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1923-2020</namePart>
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      <roleTerm type="text">writer of foreword.</roleTerm>
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    <publisher>University Press (India) Pvt. Ltd.</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2026</dateIssued>
    <edition>Indian edition.</edition>
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    <extent>xvii, 232 p. : ill. ;  24 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>A collection of essays exploring mathematics as a creative and cultural activity, its relationship with physics, philosophy, language, and human thought.</abstract>
  <tableOfContents>Mathematics -- Mathematics and physics -- Language, consciousness and book reviews -- Interview -- List of publications.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Yuri I. Manin ; foreword by Freeman J. Dyson.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Manin, Yuri I</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1937-2023</namePart>
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    <topic>Mathematics</topic>
    <topic>Philosophy</topic>
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  <subject>
    <topic>Mathematics</topic>
    <topic>History</topic>
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  <subject>
    <topic>Science</topic>
    <topic>Philosophy</topic>
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  <identifier type="isbn">9789349750739 (pbk.)</identifier>
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