Meta Maths - The Quest for Omega

Informationen zum Autor Gregory Chaitin works at New York IBM Watson Research Centre, and is a visiting professor in computer science at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He has written eight previous books on maths including Exploring Randomness and The Unknowable . Klappentext Now in paperback: one of the world's greatest mathematicians explains his revolutionary hypothesis about the enigma at the heart of maths: omega (?). 'Chaitin comes across as a kind of mathematical Richard Feynman, intuitive and high-spirited, irreverent and plain-spoken.' Peter Pesic, TLS "'[A] marvellous book... Disarmingly funny, but also thrillingly clear.' Stephen Poole, Guardian 'Maths' dark secret is out... Chaitin explains why omega, a number he discovered thirty years ago, has him convinced that maths is based on randomness.' Time 'Chaitin presents a vision of mathematics that is strikingly original in a book that is intensely personal... The book contains big, important ideas.' Chicago Tribune" Vorwort Now in paperback: one of the world's greatest mathematicians explains his revolutionary hypothesis about the enigma at the heart of maths: omega (?). 'Chaitin comes across as a kind of mathematical Richard Feynman, intuitive and high-spirited, irreverent and plain-spoken.' Peter Pesic, TLS Zusammenfassung Now in paperback: one of the world's greatest mathematicians explains his revolutionary hypothesis about the enigma at the heart of maths: omega (?). 'Chaitin comes across as a kind of mathematical Richard Feynman, intuitive and high-spirited, irreverent and plain-spoken.' Peter Pesic, TLS

Product details

• Authors: Gregory Chaitin, Gregory J. Chaitin
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 10.08.2007
• EAN: 9781843545255
• ISBN: 978-1-84354-525-5
• No. of pages: 220
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); popular science, MATHEMATICS / Logic, MATHEMATICS / Mathematical Analysis, MATHEMATICS / Research, Mathematics, Philosophy of Mathematics, History of mathematics, Mathematical logic, Calculus and mathematical analysis, math; history; logic; fun with numbers