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Language of Mathematics: Making the Invisible Visible - Softcover

Devlin, Keith

 
9780805072549: Language of Mathematics: Making the Invisible Visible
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0805072543 ISBN 13: 9780805072549
Verlag: Macmillan Education, 2000

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"Devlin takes readers on a tour of the numeric underpinnings of everyday life."
-Wired

"The great book of nature," said Galileo, "can be read only by those who know the language in which it was written. And this language is mathematics." In The Language of Mathematics, award-winning author Keith Devlin reveals the vital role mathematics plays in our eternal quest to understand who we are and the world we live in. More than just the study of numbers, mathematics provides us with the eyes to recognize and describe the hidden patterns of life-patterns that exist in the physical, biological, and social worlds without, and the realm of ideas and thoughts within.

Taking the reader on a wondrous journey through the invisible universe that surrounds us-a universe made visible by mathematics-Devlin shows us what keeps a jumbo jet in the air, explains how we can see and hear a football game on TV, allows us to predict the weather, the behavior of the stock market, and the outcome of elections. Microwave ovens, telephone cables, children's toys, pacemakers, automobiles, and computers-all operate on mathematical principles. Far from a dry and esoteric subject, mathematics is a rich and living part of our culture. An exploration of an often woefully misunderstood subject, The Language of Mathematics celebrates the simplicity, the precision, the purity, and the elegance of mathematics.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Keith Devlin is a professor emeritus at Stanford University, where he cofounded the Stanford Media X research network. He is also co-founder and president of the company BrainQuake, which creates mathematics learning video games. NPR's "Math Guy," he is the author of many books, including Life by the Numbers; Goodbye, Descartes; Logic and Information; Mathematics: The New Golden Age; and InfoSense: Turning Information into Knowledge.

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Verlag
Macmillan Education
Erscheinungsdatum
2000
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0805072543
ISBN 13 
9780805072549
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
370
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