Cosmic Numbers - The Numbers That Define Our Universe

Informationen zum Autor James D. Stein is a past member of the Institute of Advanced Studies and is currently a Professor of Mathematics at California State University (Long Beach). His list of publications is extensive and includes: How to Shoot from the Hip Without Getting Shot in the Foot (with Herbert L. Stone and Charles V. Harlow); How Math Explains the World (a Scientific American Book Club selection); The Right Decision (also a Scientific American Book Club selection); and How Math Can Save Your Life . He has been a guest blogger for Psychology Today and his work has been featured in the Los Angeles Times . Klappentext "A brisk! fun ride...Stein is good at extracting drama from the brilliant minds and experiments that fill his book! and it's impossible to read it without gaping in awe"-Boston Globe "A brisk, fun ride...Stein is good at extracting drama from the brilliant minds and experiments that fill his book, and it's impossible to read it without gaping in awe"-Boston Globe Zusammenfassung "A brisk, fun ride...Stein is good at extracting drama from the brilliant minds and experiments that fill his book, and it's impossible to read it without gaping in awe"-Boston Globe

Product details

• Authors: James Stein, James D Stein, James D. Stein
• Publisher: Basic Books Inc.
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 13 to 99
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.2013
• EAN: 9780465063796
• ISBN: 978-0-465-06379-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; MATHEMATICS / General, Cosmology & the universe, Cosmology and the universe