Mathematics: The Science of Patterns
Subtitle: The Search for Order in Life, Mind and the Universe
Series: Scientific American Paperback Library
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
Published: December 15, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780716760221
Subjects: Philosophy Of Mathematics; Philosophy Of Science; Mathematics; Science/Mathematics; General; Mathematics / General; Logic
First sentence: Numbers, that is to say, whole numbers, arise from the recognition of patterns in the world around us: the pattern of 'oneness', the pattern of 'twoness', the pattern of 'threeness', and so on.