John Barrow - Thinking Pi in the Sky: Counting,  Being

John Barrow

Buch | Softcover
336 Seiten
1993
Little, Brown & Company (Verlag)
978-0-316-08259-4 (ISBN)
21,85 inkl. MwSt
Originally published: Cambridge: Oxford University, 1992.
John D. Barrow's Pi in the Sky is a profound -- and profoundly different -- exploration of the world of mathematics: where it comes from, what it is, and where it's going to take us if we follow it to the limit in our search for the ultimate meaning of the universe. Barrow begins by investigating whether math is a purely human invention inspired by our practical needs. Or is it something inherent in nature waiting to be discovered? In answering these questions, Barrow provides a bridge between the usually irreconcilable worlds of mathematics and theology. Along the way, he treats us to a history of counting all over the world, from Egyptian hieroglyphics to logical friction, from number mysticism to Marxist mathematics. And he introduces us to a host of peculiar individuals who have thought some of the deepest and strangest thoughts that human minds have ever thought, from Lao-Tse to Robert Pirsig, Charles Darwin, and Umberto Eco. Barrow thus provides the historical framework and the intellectual tools necessary to an understanding of some of today's weightiest mathematical concepts.
Zusatzinfo Illustrations
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Geschichte der Mathematik
ISBN-10 0-316-08259-7 / 0316082597
ISBN-13 978-0-316-08259-4 / 9780316082594
Zustand Neuware
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