The Language of Mathematics: Making the Invisible Visible

Devlin, Keith

ISBN 10: 0716739674 / ISBN 13: 9780716739678

Published by W. H. Freeman and Company, New York, 2001

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Light bumping to rear cover corners. Just a bit of light surface rubbing to rear cover. Else covers clean. Pages clean. ; Color and B&W Illustrations; MAT11A; 344 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Language of Mathematics: Making the Invisible Visible
• Publisher: W. H. Freeman and Company, New York
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0716739674
• ISBN 13: 9780716739678
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: Second Printing.
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

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Synopsis

Keith Devlin reveals the role mathematics plays in our eternal quest to understand who we are and the world we live in. More than just the study of numbers, mathematics provides us with the eyes to recognise and describe the hidden patterns of life. Supported with a variety of examples including - what keeps a jumbo jet in the air, how we forecast the weather and predict changes in the stock market, Devlin shows how mathematics can be used to describe and explain the world about us.

About the Author

Keith Devlin is Dean of the School of Science at Saint Mary's College of California and Senior Researcher at Stanford University's Center for the Study of Language and Information. A key participant in the six-part PBS television series "Life by the Numbers," he is the author of Life by the Numbers, Goodbye, Descartes, Logic and Information, and Mathematics: The New Golden Age. His most recent book is InfoSense: Turning Information into Knowledge.