By demonstrating an ability to predict the movements of the moon, the rising and setting times of stars, and the changes of the seasons, astronomers could please their rulers while contemplating the subtleties of the evident mathematical order displayed in the heavens. Copyright 1997 by Ivars Peterson. Conway, John H., and Richard K. Guy. The Book of Numbers . Chaos in the Solar System .
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A Mathematical Safari by Ivars Peterson.