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Author Clegg, Brian, author.

Title Are numbers real? : the uncanny relationship of mathematics and the physical world / Brian Clegg.

Publication Info. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2016.

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Location Call No. Status
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  510 CLEGG    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  510 CLEGG    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  510 CLEGG    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  510 CLE    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  510 CLEGG    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  510 CLEGG    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description x, 288 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-273) and index.
Contents Counting sheep -- Counting goats -- All is number -- Elegant perfection -- Counting sand -- The emergence of nothing -- He who is ignorant -- All in the imagination -- The amazing mechanical mathematical universe -- The mystery of "maybe" -- Maxwell's mathematical hammer -- Infinity and beyond -- Twentieth-century mathematical mysteries -- Symmetry games -- Cargo cult science?
Summary Presents an accessible, in-depth look at the history of numbers and their applications in life and science, from math's surreal presence in the virtual world to the debates about the role of math in science.
Subject Mathematics -- Popular works.
Mathematics. (OCoLC)fst01012163
Genre/Form Popular works. (OCoLC)fst01423846
ISBN 9781250081049 (hardcover) : $28.99
1250081041 (hardcover)
9781466892965 (e-book)
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