How math explains the world a guide to the power of numbers, from car repair to modern physics
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New York, NY :
HarperCollins : Smithsonian Books,
c2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a How math explains the world : |b a guide to the power of numbers, from car repair to modern physics / |c James D. Stein. |
| 250 | |a 1st ed. | ||
| 260 | |a New York, NY : |b HarperCollins : |b Smithsonian Books, |c c2008. | ||
| 300 | |a xxi, 264 p. : |b ill. ; |c 24 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 520 | 1 | |a "In How Math Explains the World, mathematician Stein reveals how seemingly arcane mathematical investigations and discoveries have led to bigger, more world-shaking insights into the nature of our world. Quantum mechanics, space-time, chaos theory and the workings of complex systems, and the impossibility of a "perfect" democracy are all here."--BOOK JACKET. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Mathematics |x Philosophy. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Mathematics |x Psychological aspects. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Mathematics |x Sociological aspects. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Number concept. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Mathematical ability. | |
| 690 | 0 | |a Stein, Sylvia tribute | |
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