Screen LibraryIs God a mathematician?
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| Published: |
Simon & Schuster,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | x, 308 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780743294058 074329405X |
| Index Number: | O1 |
| CLC: | O1-02 |
| Call Number: | O1-02/L788 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-291) and index. A mystery -- Mystics : the numerologist and the philosopher -- Magicians : the master and the heretic -- Magicians : the skeptic and the giant -- Statisticians and probabilists : the science of uncertainty -- Geometers : future shock -- Logicians : thinking about reasoning -- Unreasonable effectiveness? -- On the human mind, mathematics, and the universe. This fascinating exploration of the great discoveries of history's most important mathematicians seeks an answer to the eternal question: Does mathematics hold the key to understanding the mysteries of the physical world? |