vii+215pp., Pictorial full colour illustrated dustjacket with small closed tear to bottom edge of jacket at front- covered in removable protective clear plastic, red cloth boards with silver text to spine, preface by Keith Devlin, col. & b/w plts. & text ills., diags., tables, further reading, index. In Mathematics: The Science of Patterns, Keith Devlin makes such a vision accessible, entertaining, and meaningful. It is an insightful, richly illustrated celebration of the simplicity, the precision, the purity, and the elegance of mathematics. Size: Large Square Octavo.

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Titel: Mathematics: The Science of Patterns- The Search for Order in Life, Mind, and the Universe
Verlag: Scientific American Library, New York
Ver�ffentlichungsdatum: 1994
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN-10: 0716750473
ISBN-13: 9780716750475
Bindung: Hardcover
Ausgabe: 1st Edition.
Zustand: Fine
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine
Buchtyp: Book

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Mathematics is more usefully understood as the study of patterns - real or imagined, visual or mental, arising from the natural world or from within the human mind. With a minimum of formulae and no elaborate formal proofs, Devlin presents mathematics as a unique human endeavour that helps us to understand the universe and ourselves.

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Keith Devlin is Dean of the School of Science, Saint Mary's College of California, Moraga, California.

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