Livio, Mario, 1945-
Is God a mathematician? / Mario Livio. - New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009. - x, 308 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-291) and index.
A mystery -- Mystics : the numerologist and the philsopher -- Magicians : the master and the heretic -- Magicians : the skeptic and the giant -- Statisticians and probabilists : the science of uncertainty -- Geometers : future shock -- Logicians : thinking about reasoning -- Unreasonable effectiveness? -- On the human mind, mathematics, and the universe.
This fascinating exploration of the great discoveries of history's most important mathematicians seeks an answer to the eternal question: Does mathematics hold the key to understanding the mysteries of the physical world?
9780743294058 074329405X
2008045850
Mathematics--Philosophy.
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.
Mathematicians--Psychology.
Discoveries in science.
QA8.4 / .L586 2009
510
Is God a mathematician? / Mario Livio. - New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009. - x, 308 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-291) and index.
A mystery -- Mystics : the numerologist and the philsopher -- Magicians : the master and the heretic -- Magicians : the skeptic and the giant -- Statisticians and probabilists : the science of uncertainty -- Geometers : future shock -- Logicians : thinking about reasoning -- Unreasonable effectiveness? -- On the human mind, mathematics, and the universe.
This fascinating exploration of the great discoveries of history's most important mathematicians seeks an answer to the eternal question: Does mathematics hold the key to understanding the mysteries of the physical world?
9780743294058 074329405X
2008045850
Mathematics--Philosophy.
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.
Mathematicians--Psychology.
Discoveries in science.
QA8.4 / .L586 2009
510