Author | : Robert Osserman |
File Size | : 40,6 Mb |
Publisher | : Anchor |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 27 April 2011 |
ISBN | : 9780307790583 |
Pages | : 236 pages |
Poetry of the Universe by Robert Osserman Book PDF Summary
In the bestselling literary tradition of Lewis Thomas's Lives of a Cell and James Watson's The Double Helix, Poetry of the Universe is a delightful and compelling narrative charting the evolution of mathematical ideas that have helped to illuminate the nature of the observable universe. In a richly anecdotal fashion, the book explores teh leaps of imagination and vision in mathematics that have helped pioneer our understanding of the world around us.