The Mobius Strip by Clifford Pickover

The Mobius Strip by Clifford Pickover

The road that leads from the Mobius strip - a common-sense-defying continuous loop with only one side and one edge, made famous by the illustrations of M.C. Escher - goes to some of the strangest spots imaginable. It takes us to where the purely intellectual enters our world: where our senses, overloaded with grocery bills, the price of gas, and what to eat for lunch, are expected to absorb really bizarre ideas. And no better guide to this weird universe exists than the brilliant thinker Clifford A. Pickover, the 21st century's answer to Buckminster Fuller. From molecules and metal sculptures to postage stamps, architectural structures, and models of the universe, he Mobius Strip gives readers a glimpse of new ways of thinking and other worlds as Pickover reaches across cultures and peers beyond our ordinary reality. Lavishly illustrated, this is an infinite fountain of wondrous forms that can be used to help explain how mathematics has permeated every field of scientific endeavor, such as the colors of a sunset or the architecture of our brains; how it helps us build supersonic aircraft and roller coasters, simulate the flow of Earth's natural resources, explore subatomic quantum realities, and depict faraway galaxies.

A. Clifford Pickover (Yorktown Heights, NY) is the author of a number of works, including The Girl Who Gave Born to Rabbits, Time: A Traveler's Handbook, and Surfing Through Hyperspace. He also owns a number of U.S. patents.

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ISBN 13	9781560259527
ISBN 10	1560259523
Titel	The Mobius Strip
Autor	Clifford Pickover
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Thunder's Mouth Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2007-01-09
Seitenanzahl	268
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.
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