Bibliograph

Is God a mathematician?, Mario Livio

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Is God a mathematician?, Mario Livio

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-291) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Is God a mathematician?

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

209694006

Responsibility statement

Mario Livio

Summary

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?

Table Of Contents

A mystery -- Mystics : the numerologist and the philsopher -- 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

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