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Mathematics, the science of patterns : the search for order in life, mind, and the universe
The author argues that the guiding principles of some of the most mysterious mathematical topics can be made comprehensible, and shows just why the definition of mathematics as "working with numbers" has been out of date for nearly 2500 years.
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| Formato: | Printed Book |
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New York
Scientific American Library,
1994
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| Colección: | Scientific American Library series, 52.
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| 245 | |a Mathematics, the science of patterns : the search for order in life, mind, and the universe | ||
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| 300 | |a vii, 215 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm | ||
| 490 | |a Scientific American Library series, 52. | ||
| 505 | |a Counting -- Reasoning and communicating -- Motion and change -- Shape -- Symmetry and regularity -- Position. | ||
| 520 | |a The author argues that the guiding principles of some of the most mysterious mathematical topics can be made comprehensible, and shows just why the definition of mathematics as "working with numbers" has been out of date for nearly 2500 years. | ||
| 650 | |a Mathematics. | ||
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