Coincidences, Chaos, and All That Math Jazz: Making Light of Weighty Ideas
By Edward B. BurgerA book for the eternally curious, Coincidences fuses a professor's understanding of the hidden mathematical skeleton of the universe with the sensibility of a stand-up comedian, making life's big questions accessible and compelling. Each chapter opens with a surprising insight-not a mathematic formula, but a common observation. From there, the authors leapfrog over math and anecdote toward profound ideas about nature, art, and music. Coincidences is a book for lovers of puzzles and posers of outlandish questions, lapsed math aficionados and the formula-phobic alike.
Book details
- Paperback
- 288 pages
- English
- 0393329313
- 9780393329315
About Edward B. Burger
edward b. burger is professor of mathematics and chair at williams college. he has won several prestigious teaching and writing awards from the mathematica Read More about Edward B. Burger
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