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How Math Explains the World
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Mathematics doesn\'t make the world go round, but it does the next-best thing: It
gives us the power to understand nearly everything under (and beyond) the sun.
James D. Stein\'s How Math Explains the World demonstrates how even arcane
theoretical equations have led thinkers to radical insights about every aspect
of our existence. Author Stein has world-class credentials (Yale, Berkeley, and
Princeton\'s Institute of Advanced Studies are all on his resume), but he writes
for bright general readers.

Table Of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Prologue: Why Your Car Never Seems to Be Ready When¡
They Promised 1¡
Section I: Describing the Universe 11¡
1: The Measure of All Things 13¡
2: Reality Checks 29¡
3: All Things Great and Small 41¡
Section II: The Incomplete Toolbox 65¡
4: Impossible Constructions 67¡
5: The Hope Diamond of Mathematics 81¡
6: Never the Twain Shall Meet 101¡
7: Even Logic Has Limits 115¡
8: Space and Time: Is That All There Is? 133¡
Section III: Information: The Goldilocks Dilemma 153¡
9: Murphy’s Law 155¡
10: The Disorganized Universe 169¡
11: The Raw Materials 185¡
Section IV: The Unattainable Utopia 203¡
12: Cracks in the Foundation 205¡
13: The Smoke-Filled Rooms 223¡
14: Through a Glass Darkly 237¡
Index 249¡

Product Details

* ISBN: 0061241768
* ISBN-13: 9780061241765
* Format: Hardcover, 272pp
* Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
* Pub. Date: April 2008

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