Mathematics: The Science of Patterns - The Search for Order in Life, Mind and the Universe - Brossura

Devlin, Keith J.

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ISBN 10: 0716760223 ISBN 13: 9780716760221

Casa editrice: Scientific American Library, 1996

Riassunto

"An attractive and wonderful book about an attractive, wonderful, and woefully misunderstood subject. If you think that mathematics is only about numbers and is only useful for making out your income tax, Keith Devlin's book will open your eyes to a new world - Mathematics, the Science of Patterns." Ian Stewart, author of Another Fine Math You've Got Me Into ...

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Informazioni sull'autore

Keith Devlin is Dean of the School of Science at Saint Mary's College of California and Senior Researcher at Stanford University's Center for the Study of Language and Information. A key participant in the six-part PBS television series "Life by the Numbers," he is the author of Life by the Numbers; Goodbye, Descartes; Logic and Information; Mathematics: The New Golden Age; and InfoSense: Turning Information into Knowledge.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Scientific American Library
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0716760223
• ISBN 13: 9780716760221
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 216
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile