The language of mathematics : making the invisible visible / Keith Devlin.
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TextPublisher: New York : W.H. Freeman, [1998]Copyright date: ©1998Description: viii, 344 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 071673379X
- 9780716733799
- 0716739674
- 9780716739678
- 510 22
- QA93 .D4578 1998
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Includes index.
Originally published: 1999.
Includes index.
Why numbers count -- Patterns of the mind -- Mathematics in motion -- Mathematics gets into shape -- The mathematics of beauty -- What happens when mathematics gets into position -- How mathematicians figure the odds -- Uncovering the hidden patterns of the universe -- --
Preface -- Prologue: What is Mathematics? -- Ch. 1. Why Numbers Count -- Ch. 2. Patterns of the Mind -- Ch. 3. Mathematics in Motion -- Ch. 4. Mathematics Gets into Shape -- Ch. 5. The Mathematics of Beauty -- Ch. 6. What Happens When Mathematics Gets into Position -- Ch. 7. How Mathematicians Figure the Odds -- Ch. 8. Uncovering the Hidden Patterns of the Universe -- Postscript -- Index.
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