Is God a mathematician? / Mario Livio

Author: Livio, Mario, 1945-
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Physical Description: x, 308 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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Contents

A mystery -- Mystics : the numerologist and the philosopher -- Magicians : the master and the heretic -- Magicians : the skeptic and the giant -- Statisticians and probabilists : the science of uncertainty -- Geometers : future shock -- Logicians : thinking about reasoning -- Unreasonable effectiveness? -- On the human mind, mathematics, and the universe.

Summary

This fascinating exploration of the great discoveries of history's most important mathematicians seeks an answer to the eternal question: Does mathematics hold the key to understanding the mysteries of the physical world?

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9780743294058
074329405X

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-291) and index.

Source of Acquisition

Brandywine copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 20089.

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Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)

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