Mathematics by Keith J Devlin
"An attractive and wonderful book about an attractive, wonderful, and woefully misunderstood subject. If you think that mathematics is only about numbers and is only useful for making out your income tax, Keith Devlin's book will open your eyes to a new world - Mathematics, the Science of Patterns." Ian Stewart, author of Another Fine Math You've Got Me Into ...-
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
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Powers of Ten
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Constructing the Universe
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Eye, Brain and Vision
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Plants, People and Culture
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Memory
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Conservation and Biodiversity
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The Origin of Modern Humans
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The Emergence of Agriculture
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Patterns in Evolution
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Molecules and Mental Illness
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Images of Mind
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Investigating Disease Patterns
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Gravity's Fatal Attraction
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Evolving Brains
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Earthquakes and Geological Discovery
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A Journey into Gravity and Spacetime
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Extinction
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The Evolving Coast
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From Quarks to the Cosmos
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The Second Law
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Life Processes of Plants
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Aging
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Cosmic Clouds
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Consciousness
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Visual Computing
Keith Devlin is the Dean of Saint Mary's College of California's School of Science and a Senior Researcher at Stanford University's Center for the Study of Language and Information. He is the author of Life by the Numbers, Farewell, Descartes, Logic and Information, Mathematics: The New Golden Age, and InfoSense: Converting Information into Knowledge. He was a crucial participant in the six-part PBS television series Life by the Numbers.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780716760221 |
| ISBN 10 | 0716760223 |
| Title | Mathematics |
| Author | Keith J Devlin |
| Series | "Scientific American" Library |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Scientific American Library |
| Year published | 1996-12-15 |
| Number of pages | 216 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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