Life by the Numbers
Published on 24. March 1998
Book
Hardback
214 pages
978-0-471-24044-0 (ISBN)
Description
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
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Young adult
Illustrations
illustrations (chiefly colour) facsimiles (some colour), colour maps, music, portraits (some colour)
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 195 mm
Weight
794 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-24044-0 (9780471240440)
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Person
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).
Content
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.