pt. 1. Mathematics and the intellect. Mathematics and thinking mathematically / Mary Cartwright --
Mathematical invention / Henri Poincaré --
Thoughts on the heuristic method / Jacques Hadamard --
Mathematical proof / G.H. Hardy --
The unity of knowledge / Hermann Weyl --
pt. 2. Mathematics and human understanding. Mathematics and the arts / Marston Morse --
Intuition, reason and faith in science / George David Birkhoff --
Logic and the understanding of nature / David Hilbert --
The cultural basis of mathematics / Raymond Wilder --
pt. 3. Mathematics and society. Presidential address to the British Association / J.J. Sylvester --
The mathematician / John von Neumann --
The community of scholars / André Lichnerowicz --
History of mathematics: why and how / André Weil --
pt. 4. Miscellaneous. Does God exist? / Paul Lévy --
Goethe and mathematics / Wilhelm Maak --
Leonardo and mathematics / Francesco Severi --
The highest good / Norbert Wiener.