LEADER 00000cam 2200361 a 4500 001 ocn174134134 003 OCoLC 005 20141231154606.0 008 071005t20082008nyua b 001 0 eng 010 2007041784 020 9780061241765 020 0061241768 035 (OCoLC)174134134 040 DLC|cDLC|dBAKER|dBTCTA|dYDXCP|dC#P|dIH9|dBWX|dUtOrBLW|erda 092 510|bSTE 100 1 Stein, James D.,|d1941- 245 10 How math explains the world :|ba guide to the power of numbers, from car repair to modern physics /|cJames D. Stein. 250 First edition. 264 1 New York :|bHarperCollins :|bSmithsonian Books,|c[2008] 264 4 |c©2008 300 xxi, 264 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Prologue: Why your car never seems to be ready when they promised -- Describing the universe -- The measure of all things -- Reality checks -- All things great and small -- The incomplete toolbox -- Impossible constructions -- The Hope Diamond of mathematics -- Never the twain shall meet -- Even logic has limits -- Space and time: is that all there is? -- Information: the Goldilocks dilemma -- Murphy's law -- The disorganized universe -- The raw materials -- The unattainable utopia -- Cracks in the foundation -- The smoke-filled rooms -- Through a glass darkly. 650 0 Mathematics|xPhilosophy. 650 0 Mathematics|xPsychological aspects. 650 0 Mathematics|xSociological aspects. 650 0 Number concept. 650 0 Mathematical ability.
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