@inbook{7e20303c56a54ede8e3ef56b98aba1ae,
title = "Mathematics Alive and in Action.",
abstract = "This chapter addresses two main questions: What do mathematicians do? What is mathematics good for? With focus on recent times, a panorama of mathematical contributions to civilization is presented and the intellectual drive by which they were perceived is described.",
author = "Hansen, {Vagn Lundsgaard}",
year = "2005",
language = "English",
volume = "http://www.eolss.net / Mathematical Sciences.",
series = "Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO.",
booktitle = "Mathematics: History, Concepts, and Foundations.",
publisher = "Eolss Publishers",
}