Are numbers real?
the uncanny relationship of mathematics and the physical world
Book - 2016
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.
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New York :
St. Martin's Press,
2016.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-273) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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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