How Math Explains the World: A Guide to the Power of Numbers, from Car Repair to Modern Physics

by James D. Stein

Book Overview

In How Math Explains the World, mathematician Stein reveals how seemingly arcane mathematical investigations and discoveries have led to bigger, more world-shaking insights into the nature of our world. In the four main sections of the book, Stein tells the stories of the mathematical thinkers who discerned some of the most fundamental aspects of our universe. From their successes and failures, delusions, and even duels, the trajectories of their...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061241768
• ISBN13: 9780061241765
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"