How math explains the world a guide to the power of numbers, from car repair to modern physics
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
HarperCollins : Smithsonian Books,
c2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.
