How math explains the world : a guide to the power of numbers, from car repair to modern physics / James D. Stein.
Record details
- ISBN: 0061241768
- ISBN: 9780061241765
- Physical Description: xxi, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : HarperCollins : [2008]
- Copyright: ©2008
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Prologue: Why your car never seems to be ready when they promised -- Describing the universe -- The measure of all things -- Reality checks -- All things great and small -- The incomplete toolbox -- Impossible constructions -- The Hope Diamond of mathematics -- Never the twain shall meet -- Even logic has limits -- Space and time: is that all there is? -- Information: the Goldilocks dilemma -- Murphy's law -- The disorganized universe -- The raw materials -- The unattainable utopia -- Cracks in the foundation -- The smoke-filled rooms -- Through a glass darkly.
Search for related items by subject
- Subject:
- Mathematical ability.
Mathematics > Philosophy.
Mathematics > Sociological aspects.
Mathematics > Study and teaching > Psychological aspects.
Number concept.
Aptitude pour les mathématiques.
Concept de nombre.
Mathématiques > Aspect psychologique.
Mathématiques > Aspect sociologique.
Mathématiques > Philosophie.
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