The Best of All Possible Worlds: Mathematics and Destiny - Paperback
by Ivar Ekeland
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226199955ISBN-10:226199959UPC:9780226199955Book Category:Science, MathematicsBook Subcategory:History, History & Philosophy, PhysicsSize:9.00 x 6.30 x 0.61 inchesWeight:0.7915Product ID:SCAYNCA6JH
The Best of All Possible Worlds: Mathematics and Destiny
Optimists believe this is the best of all possible worlds. And pessimists fear that might really be the case. But what is the best of all possible worlds? How do we define it? Is it the world that operates the most efficiently? Or the one in which most people are comfortable and content? Questions such as these have preoccupied philosophers and theologians for ages, but there was a time, during...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226199955ISBN-10:226199959UPC:9780226199955Book Category:Science, MathematicsBook Subcategory:History, History & Philosophy, PhysicsSize:9.00 x 6.30 x 0.61 inchesWeight:0.7915Product ID:SCAYNCA6JH
Ivar Ekeland is professor of mathematics and economics at the University of British Columbia and director of the Pacific Institute for Mathematical Sciences. He is the author of several books, including Mathematics and the Unexpected and The Broken Dice, both published by the University of Chicago Press.
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