Is God a mathematician?
By: Mario Livio
Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster trade pbk. ed.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780743294065
Copyright date: 2009
Subjects: Mathematicians; Discoveries in science; Symbolic and mathematical Logic; Psychology; Mathematics; Philosophy
Description: This fascinating exploration of the great discoveries of history's most important mathematicians seeks an answer to the eternal question: Does mathematics hold the key to understanding the mysteries of the physical world?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-291) and index.
Table of contents: title: A mystery; title: Mystics : the numerologist and the philosopher; title: Magicians : the master and the heretic; title: Magicians : the skeptic and the giant; title: Statisticians and probabilists : the science of uncertainty; title: Geometers : future shock; title: Logicians : thinking about reasoning; title: Unreasonable effectiveness?; title: On the human mind, mathematics, and the universe.