Coincidences, chaos, and all that math jazz : making light of weighty ideas / Edward B. Burger, Mich...
Coincidences, chaos, and all that math jazz : making light of weighty ideas / Edward B. Burger, Mich...
Coincidences, chaos, and all that math jazz : making light of weighty ideas / Edward B. Burger, Michael Starbird ; original illustrations by Alan Witschonke.
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Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : W.W. Norton, c2005.
Call Numbers
N510/237
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Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
p. cm.
Contents
1. Unbridled coincidences : likelihood, lady luck, and lady love -- 2. Chaos reigns : why we can't predict the future -- 3. Digesting life's data : statistical surprises -- 4. Secrets held, secrets revealed : cryptography decrypted -- 5. Sizing up numbers : how many? How big? How quick? -- 6. A syne...
Publication information
Publisher
New York : W.W. Norton, c2005.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2005.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"A book for the eternally curious, Coincidences, Chaos, and All That Math Jazz fuses a professor's understanding of the hidden mathematical skeleton of the universe with the distorted sensibility of a stand-up comedian." "Overflowing with almost two hundred hand-drawn illustrations and diagrams, Coincidences, Chaos, and All That Math Jazz makes the...
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Full title
Coincidences, chaos, and all that math jazz : making light of weighty ideas / Edward B. Burger, Michael Starbird ; original illustrations by Alan Witschonke.
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Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Call Numbers
N510/237
Record Identifier
74VKmdNv0jx3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKmdNv0jx3
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ISBN
0393059456 (hardcover)
9780393059458 (hardcover)
DDC
510
MMS ID
991020489839702626
