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Are numbers real? : the uncanny relationship of mathematics and the physical world / Brian Clegg.
Presents an accessible, in-depth look at the history of numbers and their applications in life and science, from math's surreal presence in the virtual world to the debates about the role of math in science.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250081049 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 1250081041 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: x, 288 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2016.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-273) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Counting sheep -- Counting goats -- All is number -- Elegant perfection -- Counting sand -- The emergence of nothing -- He who is ignorant -- All in the imagination -- The amazing mechanical mathematical universe -- The mystery of "maybe" -- Maxwell's mathematical hammer -- Infinity and beyond -- Twentieth-century mathematical mysteries -- Symmetry games -- Cargo cult science? |
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| Subject: | Mathematics. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.
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| Erlanger Branch | 510 C624a 2016 (Text) | 33126021791102 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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| 250 | . | ‡aFirst edition. | |
| 264 | 1. | ‡aNew York : ‡bSt. Martin's Press, ‡c2016. | |
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