Trade Paperback. Dark green pictorial cover with title printed on spine and front cover in orange and white. 334 pages, illustrated with b/w photographs, line drawings, and mathematical formulas. 1st thus edition (A Plume Book), 2nd printing (1996), first published as a Pi Book in 1995. CONDITION: NEAR FINE, binding square and tight, pages crisp and unmarked; faint edge wear, else fine. CONTENT: Joseph Mazur's exploration of human reasoning shows that three types of logic are the foundations for understanding the world through math and science. Through adventure stories and historical narratives populated with a rich and quirky cast of characters, Mazur artfully explores the less-than-airtight nature of logic and the muddled relationship between math and the real world. >Guaranteed secure packaging, free tracking, and no-hassle return policy.

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Titel

Euclid in the Rainforest: Discovering Universal Truth in Logic And Math

Verlag

Penguin Group USA, New York, New York

Erscheinungsjahr

2006

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN-10

0452287839

ISBN-13

9780452287839

Einband

Soft cover

Auflage

1st thus

Zustand

Fine

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Like Douglas Hofstadter’s G�del, Escher, Bach, and David Berlinski’s A Tour of the Calculus, Euclid in the Rainforest combines the literary with the mathematical to explore
logic—the one indispensable tool in man’s quest to understand the world. Underpinning both math and science, it is the foundation of every major advancement in knowledge since the time of the ancient Greeks. Through adventure stories and historical narratives populated with a rich and quirky cast of characters, Mazur artfully reveals the less-than-airtight nature of logic and the muddled relationship between math and the real world. Ultimately, Mazur argues, logical reasoning is not purely robotic. At its most basic level, it is a creative process guided by our intuitions and beliefs about the world.

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Joseph Mazur is Professor of Mathematics at Marlboro College, where he has taught a wide range of classes in all areas of mathematics, its history, and philosophy.

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