Coincidences, Chaos, and All That Math Jazz Making Light of Weighty Ideas

Name: Coincidences, Chaos, and All That Math Jazz Making Light of Weighty Ideas
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ISBN: 9780393329315

ISBN-10: 0393329313

ISBN-13: 9780393329315

Edition: 2006

Authors: Edward B. Burger, Michael Starbird, Alan Witschonke, Edward Burger

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"A profusely illustrated, bemusingly unorthodox introduction to math."Booklist A book for the eternally curious, Coincidences fuses a professor's understanding of the hidden mathematical skeleton of the universe with the sensibility of a stand-up comedian, making life's big questions accessible and compelling. Each chapter opens with a surprising insightnot a mathematic formula, but a common observation. From there, the authors leapfrog over math and anecdote toward profound ideas about nature, art, and music. Coincidences is a book for lovers of puzzles and posers of outlandish questions, lapsed math aficionados and the formula-phobic alike. 160 illustrations.

Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/17/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.30" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.550



Opening Thoughts



Understanding Uncertainty Coincidences, Chaos, and Confusion



Unbridled Coincidences Likelihood, Lady Luck, and Lady Love



Chaos Reigns Why We Can't Predict the Future



Digesting Life's Data Statistical Surprises



Embracing Figures Sensing Secrecy, Magnificent Magnitudes, and Nature's Numbers



Secrets Held, Secrets Revealed Cryptography Decrypted



Sizing up Numbers How Many? How Big? How Quick?



A Synergy Between Nature and Number A Search for Pattern



Exploring Aesthetics Sexy Rectangles, Fiery Fractals, and Contortions of Space



From Precise Beauty to Pure Chaos Picturing Aesthetics Through the Lens of Mathematics



Origami for the Origamically Challenged From Paper Folding to Computers and Fiery Fractals



A Twisted Turn in an Amorphous Universe An Exploration of an Elasticized World



Transcending Reality The Fourth Dimension and Infinity



The Universe Next Door The Magic of the Fourth Dimension



Moving Beyond the Confines of Our Nutshell A journey Into Infinity



In Search of Something Still Larger A Journey Beyond Infinity


Closing Thoughts


Acknowledgments


Further Resources


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