Mathematics
The Science of Patterns - The Search for Order in Life, Mind and the Universe
Published on 15. December 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
216 pages
978-0-7167-6022-1 (ISBN)
Description
"An attractive and wonderful book about an attractive, wonderful, and woefully misunderstood subject. If you think that mathematics is only about numbers and is only useful for making out your income tax, Keith Devlin's book will open your eyes to a new world - Mathematics, the Science of Patterns." Ian Stewart, author of Another Fine Math You've Got Me Into ...
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Adult education
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
201 illustrations, index
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 216 mm
Weight
532 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7167-6022-1 (9780716760221)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Counting; reasoning and communicating; motion and change; shape; symmetry and regularity; position.