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| 010 | _a 2007041784 | ||
| 020 | _a9780061241765 | ||
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_aStein, James D., _d1941- |
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_aHow math explains the world : _ba guide to the power of numbers, from car repair to modern physics / _cJames D. Stein. |
| 250 | _a1st ed. | ||
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_aNew York : _bHarperCollins : _bSmithsonian Books, _cc2008. |
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_axxi, 264 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm. |
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| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | _aPrologue: 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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_aMathematics _xPhilosophy. |
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_aMathematics _xPsychological aspects. |
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_aMathematics _xSociological aspects. |
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| 650 | 0 | _aNumber concept. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aMathematical ability. | |
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_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip082/2007041784.html |
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_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0911/2007041784-d.html |
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