Poetry of the Universe A Mathematical Exploration of the Cosmos

Informationen zum Autor Robert Osserman Klappentext In the bestselling literary tradition of Lewis Thomas's Lives of a Cell and James Watson's The Double Helix , Poetry of the Universe is a delightful and compelling narrative charting the evolution of mathematical ideas that have helped to illuminate the nature of the observable universe. In a richly anecdotal fashion, the book explores the leaps of imagination and vision in mathematics that have helped pioneer our understanding of the world around us. Zusammenfassung In the bestselling literary tradition of Lewis Thomas's Lives of a Cell and James Watson's The Double Helix ! Poetry of the Universe is a delightful and compelling narrative charting the evolution of mathematical ideas that have helped to illuminate the nature of the observable universe. In a richly anecdotal fashion! the book explores the leaps of imagination and vision in mathematics that have helped pioneer our understanding of the world around us.

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Robert Osserman

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Robert Osserman, Osserman Robert
• Editore: Anchor Books USA
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 15.01.1996
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Fisica, astronomia > Astronomia; Saggistica > Natura, tecnica > Scienze naturali; Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica
• EAN: 9780385474290
• ISBN: 978-0-385-47429-0
• Numero di pagine: 224
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 11.8 x 18.3 x 1.5 cm
• Categorie: MATHEMATICS / General; Mathematics; Cosmology & the universe; Cosmology and the universe; SCIENCE / Space Science / Cosmology