How math explains the world : a guide to the power of numbers, from car repair to modern physics / J...
How math explains the world : a guide to the power of numbers, from car repair to modern physics / J...
How math explains the world : a guide to the power of numbers, from car repair to modern physics / James D. Stein.
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Publisher
New York : HarperCollins : Smithsonian Books, c2008.
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N510/262
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English
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Physical content
xxi, 264 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
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 log...
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Publisher
New York : HarperCollins : Smithsonian Books, c2008.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2008.
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"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."--BO...
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How math explains the world : a guide to the power of numbers, from car repair to modern physics / James D. Stein.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2008.
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N510/262
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74VM8lpXoR2b
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ISBN
0061241768
9780061241765
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510
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991000313369702626
