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Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231116398ISBN-10:023111639XUPC:9780231116398Book Category:Mathematics, ScienceBook Subcategory:History & Philosophy, Space Science, PhysicsBook Topic:AstronomySize:9.00 x 5.98 x 0.86 inchesWeight:0.9811Product ID:SC72QE24AN
Mathematics
Mathematics: The New Golden Age offers a glimpse of the extraordinary vistas and bizarre universes opened up by contemporary mathematicians: Hilbert's tenth problem and the four-color theorem, Gaussian integers, chaotic dynamics and the Mandelbrot set, infinite numbers, and strange number systems. Why a "new golden age"? According to Keith Devlin, we are currently witnessing an astronomical...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231116398ISBN-10:023111639XUPC:9780231116398Book Category:Mathematics, ScienceBook Subcategory:History & Philosophy, Space Science, PhysicsBook Topic:AstronomySize:9.00 x 5.98 x 0.86 inchesWeight:0.9811Product ID:SC72QE24AN
Keith Devlin is the Dean of Science at Saint Mary's College of California and a Senior Researcher at Stanford University's Center for the Study of Language and Information. Since 1983, he has been a regular columnist on mathematics and computing for the Guardian newspaper in England, and he is the mathematics commentator on National Public Radio's popular "Weekend Edition" magazine program. He is...
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