Mathematics: The Science of Patterns : The Search for Order in Life, Mind, and the Universe (Scientific American Library)

Keith Devlin

ISBN 10: 0716750473 / ISBN 13: 9780716750475

Published by W H Freeman & Co, 1994

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Title: Mathematics: The Science of Patterns : The ...

Publisher: W H Freeman & Co

Publication Date: 1994

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

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Synopsis:

Mathematics is more usefully understood as the study of patterns - real or imagined, visual or mental, arising from the natural world or from within the human mind. With a minimum of formulae and no elaborate formal proofs, Devlin presents mathematics as a unique human endeavour that helps us to understand the universe and ourselves.

About the Author:

Keith Devlin is Dean of the School of Science, Saint Mary's College of California, Moraga, California.