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.