Poetry of the Universe |
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| Authors: | Osserman, Robert |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| BISAC/Subject: | SCI015000, SCI005000, SCI040000 |
| ISBN: | 9780307790583, Related ISBNs: 0307790584, 0385473400, 0385474296, 9780307790583, 9780385473408 |
| Classification: | Non-Fiction |
| Number of pages: | 224, |
| Audience: | General/trade |
Synopsis: 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 teh leaps of imagination and vision in mathematics that have helped pioneer our understanding of the world around us.
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