Nature's Numbers
Discovering Order and Pattern in the Universe
2000
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Abridged edition
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) (Verlag)
978-0-7528-3973-8 (ISBN)
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) (Verlag)
978-0-7528-3973-8 (ISBN)
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Containing extracts from Stewart's book "Nature's Numbers", these cassettes examine the remarkable order and pattern in the universe.
Why do so many flowers have five or eight petals, but very few six or seven? Why do snowflakes have sixfold symmetry? Nature's Numbers reveals patterns at the frontiers of science, yet so simple that anybody can see them once they know where to look. Reading his own work, Stewart provides a comprehensive tour of the mathematical universe, and explains curiosities of the natural world vividly and playfully, without an equation in sight. It is 'first-rate popular mathematics' (Nature magazine).
Why do so many flowers have five or eight petals, but very few six or seven? Why do snowflakes have sixfold symmetry? Nature's Numbers reveals patterns at the frontiers of science, yet so simple that anybody can see them once they know where to look. Reading his own work, Stewart provides a comprehensive tour of the mathematical universe, and explains curiosities of the natural world vividly and playfully, without an equation in sight. It is 'first-rate popular mathematics' (Nature magazine).
Ian Stewart was awarded the 1995 Michael Faraday Medal by the Royal Society for the year's most significant contribution to the public understanding of science. He is Professor of Mathematics and Director of the Mathematics Awareness Centre at the University of Warwick. Previous publications include Does God Play Dice? and The Magical Maze. Ian Stewart was awarded the 1995 Michael Faraday Medal by the Royal Society for the year's most significant contribution to the public understanding of science. He is Professor of Mathematics and Director of the Mathematics Awareness Centre at the University of Warwick. Previous publications include Does God Play Dice? and The Magical Maze.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 13.4.2000 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | "Daily Telegraph" Talking Science |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 106 x 138 mm |
| Gewicht | 129 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik |
| Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Mathematische Spiele und Unterhaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7528-3973-X / 075283973X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7528-3973-8 / 9780752839738 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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