Coincidences, Chaos, and All That Math Jazz: Making Light of Weighty Ideas
Burger, Edward B., Starbird, Michael
Language: English
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2006
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- Title
- Coincidences, Chaos, and All That Math Jazz: Making Light of Weighty Ideas
- Author
- Burger, Edward B., Starbird, Michael
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Publication year
- 2006
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0393329313
- ISBN 13
- 9780393329315
“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."Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
Michael Starbird is a University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin and is a member of UT’s Academy of Distinguished Teachers. He lives in Texas.
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