Nature's numbers : the unreal reality of mathematical imagination
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Nature's numbers : the unreal reality of mathematical imagination
(Science masters series)
BasicBooks, c1995
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-154) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Mathematics has the power to open our eyes to new and unsuspected regularities in nature - the secret structure of a cloud or the hidden rhythms of the weather. This book aims to equip the reader with a mathematician's eye, changing the way we view the world.
Table of Contents
Prologue: The Virtual Unreality Machine The Natural Order What Mathematics Is For What Mathematics Is About The Constants of Change From Violins to Videos Broken Symmetry The Rhythm of Life Do Dice Play God? Drops, Dynamics, and Daisies Epilogue: Morphomatics
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