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Mathematics, Form and Function

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Mathematics, Form and Function is an excellent and accessible survey of the whole of mathematics, including its origins and deep structure. Its author, Saunders Mac Lane, co-founded the field of category theory, which is used to study mathematical structures and relationships between them.

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  • Mac Lane, Saunders (1986). Mathematics, Form and Function. Springer-Verlag. ISBN 0-387-96217-4.