Mathematics: The Science of Patterns - Brossura

Devlin, Keith

 
9780805073447: Mathematics: The Science of Patterns
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ISBN 10: 0805073442 ISBN 13: 9780805073447
Casa editrice: Owl Books, 1996

Sinossi


To most people, mathematics means working with numbers. But as Keith Devlin shows in Mathematics: The Science of Patterns, this definition has been out of date for nearly 2,500 years. Mathematicians now see their work as the study of patterns―real or imagined, visual or mental, arising from the natural world or from within the human mind.

Using this basic definition as his central theme, Devlin explores the patterns of counting, measuring, reasoning, motion, shape, position, and prediction, revealing the powerful influence mathematics has over our perception of reality. Interweaving historical highlights and current developments, and using a minimum of formulas, Devlin celebrates the precision, purity, and elegance of mathematics.

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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. He is the author of Logic and Information, and Mathematics: The New Golden Age and Goodbye, Descartes.

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Editore
Owl Books
Data di pubblicazione
1996
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0805073442
ISBN 13 
9780805073447
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
224
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
non disponibile

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9780716750475: Mathematics: The Science of Patterns : The Search for Order in Life, Mind, and the Universe

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0716750473 ISBN 13:  9780716750475
Casa editrice: W H Freeman & Co, 1994
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