Life by the Numbers

Keith J. Devlin (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

214 Seiten

1998
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-0-471-24044-0 (ISBN)

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A lively, visually striking introduction to the remarkable ways math shapes our lives, 'Life by the Numbers' is the companion volume to the 'PBS' series.

A lively, visually striking introduction to the remarkable ways math shapes our lives Life by the Numbers is the exclusive companion volume to the PBS series

KEITH DEVLIN is a mathematician and the Dean of the School of Science of St. Mary's College, as well as a Senior Researcher at Stanford University's Center for the Study of Language and Information. He is the author of the popular books Mathematics: The New Golden Age, Mathematics: The Science of Patterns, and Goodbye, Descartes (Wiley).

The Invisible Universe.; Seeing is Believing.; Patterns of Nature.; The Numbers Game.; The Shape of the World.; Chances of a Lifetime.; A New Age.; It's an M World.; Further Reading.; Credits.; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	24.3.1998
Zusatzinfo	illustrations (chiefly colour) facsimiles (some colour), colour maps, music, portraits (some colour)
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	195 x 240 mm
Gewicht	794 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik
	Naturwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-471-24044-3 / 0471240443
ISBN-13	978-0-471-24044-0 / 9780471240440
Zustand	Neuware