Philosophy and Fun of Algebra

Title......Page 1
Production Note......Page 2
Works by Mary Everest Boole......Page 3
To Basil and Margaret......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
1 – From Arithmetic to Algebra......Page 6
2 – The Making of Algebras......Page 9
3 – Simultaneous Problems......Page 11
4 – Partial Solutions and the Provisional Elimination of Elements of Complexity......Page 13
5 – Mathematical Certainty and Reductio ad Absurdum......Page 15
6 – The First Hebrew Algebra......Page 17
7 – How to Choose Our Hypotheses......Page 20
8 – The Limits of the Teacher’s Function......Page 24
9 – The Use of Sewing Cards......Page 26
10 – The Story of a Working Hypothesis......Page 28
11 – Macbeth’s Mistake......Page 31
12 – Jacob’s Ladder......Page 33
13 – The Great x of the World......Page 34
14 – Go Out of My Class-Room......Page 36
15 – Square Root of −1......Page 38
16 – Infinity......Page 39
17 – From Bondage to Freedom......Page 41
18 – Appendix......Page 43
Logic Taught by Love......Page 44
The Message of Psychic Science to the World......Page 45
Miss Eduction and Her Garden......Page 46
Mathematical Psychology of Gratry and Boole......Page 47