Coincidences, Chaos, and All That Math Jazz: Making Light of Weighty Ideas
Edward B. Burger
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 insight--not 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.Binding Type: PaperbackAuthor: Edward B. Burger, Michael StarbirdPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublished: 10/17/2006ISBN: 9780393329315Pages: 288Weight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.20d
Book Title
Coincidences, Chaos, and All That Math Jazz: Making Light of Weighty Ideas
ISBN
9780393329315
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 insight--not 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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Edward B. Burger, Michael Starbird
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 10/17/2006
ISBN: 9780393329315
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.20d
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Edward B. Burger, Michael Starbird
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 10/17/2006
ISBN: 9780393329315
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.20d
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 insight--not 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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Edward B. Burger, Michael Starbird
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 10/17/2006
ISBN: 9780393329315
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.20d
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Edward B. Burger, Michael Starbird
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 10/17/2006
ISBN: 9780393329315
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.20d