Mathematics, the science of patterns : the search for order in life, mind, and the universe
著者
書誌事項
Mathematics, the science of patterns : the search for order in life, mind, and the universe
（Scientific American library, 52）
Scientific American Library, 1994
- : pbk
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注記
Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
- 巻冊次
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ISBN 9780716750475
内容説明
Mathematics is more usefully understood as the study of patterns - real or imagined, visual or mental, arising from the natural world or from within the human mind. With a minimum of formulae and no elaborate formal proofs, Devlin presents mathematics as a unique human endeavour that helps us to understand the universe and ourselves.
- 巻冊次
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: pbk ISBN 9780716760221
内容説明
"An attractive and wonderful book about an attractive, wonderful, and woefully misunderstood subject. If you think that mathematics is only about numbers and is only useful for making out your income tax, Keith Devlin's book will open your eyes to a new world - Mathematics, the Science of Patterns." Ian Stewart, author of Another Fine Math You've Got Me Into ...
目次
- Counting
- reasoning and communicating
- motion and change
- shape
- symmetry and regularity
- position.
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