Screen LibraryHow math explains the world：a guide to the power of numbers, from car repair to modern physics
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HarperCollins Smithsonian Books,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | c2008. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xxi, 264 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780061241765 0061241768 |
| Index Number: | O1 |
| CLC: | O1-05 |
| Call Number: | O1-05/S819 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. Prologue: Why your car never seems to be ready when they promised -- pt. 1. Describing the universe. -- The measure of all things -- Reality checks -- All things great and small -- pt. 2. The incomplete toolbox. -- Impossible constructions -- The Hope Diamond of mathematics -- Never the twain shall meet -- Even logic has limits -- Space and time: is that all there is? -- pt. 3. Information: the Goldilocks dilemma. -- Murphy's law -- The disorganized universe -- The raw materials -- pt. 4. The unattainable utopia. -- Cracks in the foundation -- The smoke-filled rooms -- Through a glass darkly |