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How math explains the world : a guide to the power of numbers, from car repair to modern physics / James D. Stein.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : HarperCollins : Smithsonian Books, c2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxi, 264 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780061241765
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 510 22
LOC classification:
  • QA8.4 .S72 2008
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Contents:
Prologue: Why your car never seems to be ready when they promised -- Describing the universe -- The measure of all things -- Reality checks -- All things great and small -- The incomplete toolbox -- Impossible constructions -- The Hope Diamond of mathematics -- Never the twain shall meet -- Even logic has limits -- Space and time: is that all there is? -- Information: the Goldilocks dilemma -- Murphy's law -- The disorganized universe -- The raw materials -- The unattainable utopia -- Cracks in the foundation -- The smoke-filled rooms -- Through a glass darkly.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue: Why your car never seems to be ready when they promised -- Describing the universe -- The measure of all things -- Reality checks -- All things great and small -- The incomplete toolbox -- Impossible constructions -- The Hope Diamond of mathematics -- Never the twain shall meet -- Even logic has limits -- Space and time: is that all there is? -- Information: the Goldilocks dilemma -- Murphy's law -- The disorganized universe -- The raw materials -- The unattainable utopia -- Cracks in the foundation -- The smoke-filled rooms -- Through a glass darkly.

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