Nature's Numbers: The Unreal Reality of Mathematics (Science Masters Series) - Hardcover

Stewart, Ian

 
9780465072736: Nature's Numbers: The Unreal Reality of Mathematics (Science Masters Series)

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Mathematics has the power to open our eyes to new and unsuspected regularities in nature - the secret structure of a cloud or the hidden rhythms of the weather. This book aims to equip the reader with a mathematician's eye, changing the way we view the world.

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Mathematics has the power to open our eyes to new and unsuspected regularities in nature - the secret structure of a cloud or the hidden rhythms of the weather. This book aims to equip the reader with a mathematician's eye, changing the way we view the world.

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The well-known author of the "Mathematical Recreations" column in Scientific American explains the key concepts in math and their implications, pointing out that although mathematics is totally unreal--an entirely mental construct--it is the best tool available for describing and understanding the real world. Illustrations.

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ISBN 10:  0465072747 ISBN 13:  9780465072743
Verlag: Basic Books, 1997
Softcover