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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- “Very good condition.”
- ISBN
- 9780226199900
- Subject Area
- Mathematics, Science
- Publication Name
- Mathematics and the Unexpected
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Item Length
- 0.8 in
- Subject
- General, Physics / General
- Publication Year
- 1990
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0 in
- Features
- Reprint
- Item Weight
- 6.6 Oz
- Item Width
- 0.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 154 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226199908
ISBN-13
9780226199900
eBay Product ID (ePID)
67674
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
154 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Mathematics and the Unexpected
Publication Year
1990
Subject
General, Physics / General
Features
Reprint
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Mathematics, Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0 in
Item Weight
6.6 Oz
Item Length
0.8 in
Item Width
0.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
87-030230
Dewey Edition
19
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
514/.7
Table Of Content
Foreword by Felix E. Browder Introduction 1. The Music of the Spheres The Marvel of Kepler's Laws Celestial Mechanics Classical Determinism 2. The Shattered Crystal The Impossible Calculations Poincaré's Contribution Deterministic but Random Unstable but Stable 3. The Comeback of Geometry A Word of Warning Dissipative Systems Catastrophes Theory A Critique 4. Back to the Beginning Appendix 1. Prelude and Fugue on a Theme by Poincaré Appendix 2. The Feigenbaum Bifurcation Bibliography Index
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"Not the least unexpected thing about Mathematics and the Unexpected is that a real mathematician should write not just a literate work, but a literary one."-Ian Stewart, New Scientist "In this brief, elegant treatise, assessable to anyone who likes to think, Ivar Ekelund explains some philosophical implications of recent mathematics. He examines randomness, the geometry involved in making predictions, and why general trends are easy to project (it will snow in January) but particulars are practically impossible (it will snow from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on the 21st)."- Village Voice, "Not the least unexpected thing about Mathematics and the Unexpected is that a real mathematician should write not just a literate work, but a literary one."--Ian Stewart, New Scientist "In this brief, elegant treatise, assessable to anyone who likes to think, Ivar Ekelund explains some philosophical implications of recent mathematics. He examines randomness, the geometry involved in making predictions, and why general trends are easy to project (it will snow in January) but particulars are practically impossible (it will snow from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on the 21st)."-- Village Voice
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