The best of all possible worlds : mathematics and destiny /
Ekeland, I.(Ivar),1944-
Chicago, Ill. ; London : University of Chicago Press,
2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-198) and index.
Keeping the beat -- The birth of modern science -- The least action principle -- From computations to geometry -- Poincaré and beyond -- Pandora's box -- May the best one win -- The end of nature -- The common good -- A personal conclusion.
Science
Mathematical analysis.
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.
Human behavior.
Ethics.