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9780393329315

Coincidences Chaos/Math Jazz Pa

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  • ISBN13:

    9780393329315

  • ISBN10:

    0393329313

  • Edition: 00
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-10-17
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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Summary

"A profusely illustrated, bemusingly unorthodox introduction to math."- Booklist 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. "I once had a math teacher who used to throw books at us. If only this had been one of them."-Ben Longstaff, New Scientist

Author Biography

Edward B. Burger is professor of mathematics and chair at Williams College Michael Starbird is a University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas

Table of Contents

Opening Thoughtsp. ix
Understanding Uncertainty Coincidences, Chaos, and Confusionp. 1
Unbridled Coincidences Likelihood, Lady Luck, and Lady Lovep. 3
Chaos Reigns Why We Can't Predict the Futurep. 20
Digesting Life's Data Statistical Surprisesp. 42
Embracing Figures Sensing Secrecy, Magnificent Magnitudes, and Nature's Numbersp. 63
Secrets Held, Secrets Revealed Cryptography Decryptedp. 65
Sizing up Numbers How Many? How Big? How Quick?p. 78
A Synergy Between Nature and Number A Search for Patternp. 100
Exploring Aesthetics Sexy Rectangles, Fiery Fractals, and Contortions of Spacep. 121
From Precise Beauty to Pure Chaos Picturing Aesthetics Through the Lens of Mathematicsp. 123
Origami for the Origamically Challenged From Paper Folding to Computers and Fiery Fractalsp. 146
A Twisted Turn in an Amorphous Universe An Exploration of an Elasticized Worldp. 166
Transcending Reality The Fourth Dimension and Infinityp. 199
The Universe Next Door The Magic of the Fourth Dimensionp. 201
Moving Beyond the Confines of Our Nutshell A journey Into Infinityp. 231
In Search of Something Still Larger A Journey Beyond Infinityp. 246
Closing Thoughtsp. 267
Acknowledgmentsp. 268
Further Resourcesp. 269
Permissionsp. 270
Indexp. 271
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