Nature's numbers : the unreal reality of mathematics

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Nature's numbers : the unreal reality of mathematics

Ian Stewart

(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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  • NCID
    BB2407750X
  • ISBN
    • 0465072739
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    x, 164 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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