Is God a mathematician? /
Livio, Mario, 1945-
Is God a mathematician? / Mario Livio. - 1st Simon & Schuster trade pbk. ed. - New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2010, c2009. - x, 308 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-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.
Booklist starred Library Journal Publisher's Weekly Booklist starred, December 2008 Kirkus Review, November 2008 Library Journal, January 2009 Publisher's Weekly, October 2008 Science Books & Films (A.A.A.S.), May 2009
Explores how various mathematical theories and discoveries have offered deeper insight into the universe, demonstrating the link between the scientific world and the human mind.
Adult Adult Follett Library Resources
0743294068 (pbk.) 9780743294065 (pbk.)
Discoveries in science.
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.
Mathematicians--Psychology.
Mathematics--Philosophy.
Discoveries in science.
Mathematicians--Psychology.
Mathematics--Philosophy.
Symbolic logic.
QA8.4 / .L586 2010
510 LIV/O
Is God a mathematician? / Mario Livio. - 1st Simon & Schuster trade pbk. ed. - New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2010, c2009. - x, 308 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-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.
Booklist starred Library Journal Publisher's Weekly Booklist starred, December 2008 Kirkus Review, November 2008 Library Journal, January 2009 Publisher's Weekly, October 2008 Science Books & Films (A.A.A.S.), May 2009
Explores how various mathematical theories and discoveries have offered deeper insight into the universe, demonstrating the link between the scientific world and the human mind.
Adult Adult Follett Library Resources
0743294068 (pbk.) 9780743294065 (pbk.)
Discoveries in science.
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.
Mathematicians--Psychology.
Mathematics--Philosophy.
Discoveries in science.
Mathematicians--Psychology.
Mathematics--Philosophy.
Symbolic logic.
QA8.4 / .L586 2010
510 LIV/O