Life by the Numbers - Paperback
by Keith Devlin
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Trade Paper PressISBN-13:9780471328223ISBN-10:471328227UPC:9780471328223Book Category:Mathematics, ScienceSize:9.20 x 7.50 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCM2G78RS9
Life by the Numbers
Why do leopards grow spots when tigers grow stripes? Is the universe round, square, or some other shape? How do the dimples in a golf ball give it greater lift? Is there such a thing as a public mood? If so, how can we accurately take its pulse?
Only one tool of the human mind has the power and versatility to answer so many questions about our world-mathematics. Far from a musty set of equations...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Trade Paper PressISBN-13:9780471328223ISBN-10:471328227UPC:9780471328223Book Category:Mathematics, ScienceSize:9.20 x 7.50 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCM2G78RS9
Dr. Keith Devlin is a mathematician at Stanford University in California. He is a co-founder and Executive Director of the university's H-STAR institute, a co-founder of the Stanford Media X research network, and a Senior Researcher at CSLI. He has written 31 books and over 80 published research articles. His books have been awarded the Pythagoras Prize and the Peano Prize, and his writing has...
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