Light underlining through the textblock; Covers lightly edge and corner rubbed, curled and worn; Creased top corner of back cover. 317p., including index. Size: 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall.

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Title

PI In the Sky: Counting, Thinking, and Being

Publisher

Little, Brown, and Company, Boston

Publication Date

1992

Language

English

ISBN 10

0316082597

ISBN 13

9780316082594

Binding

Wraps

Edition

1st Printing.

Condition

Very Good

Book Type

Paperback

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Mathematics

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Synopsis

John D. Barrow's Pi in the Sky is a profound -- and profoundly different -- exploration of the world of mathematics: where it comes from, what it is, and where it's going to take us if we follow it to the limit in our search for the ultimate meaning of the universe. Barrow begins by investigating whether math is a purely human invention inspired by our practical needs. Or is it something inherent in nature waiting to be discovered?

In answering these questions, Barrow provides a bridge between the usually irreconcilable worlds of mathematics and theology. Along the way, he treats us to a history of counting all over the world, from Egyptian hieroglyphics to logical friction, from number mysticism to Marxist mathematics. And he introduces us to a host of peculiar individuals who have thought some of the deepest and strangest thoughts that human minds have ever thought, from Lao-Tse to Robert Pirsig, Charles Darwin, and Umberto Eco. Barrow thus provides the historical framework and the intellectual tools necessary to an understanding of some of today's weightiest mathematical concepts.

About the Author

About the Author: John D. Barrow is Professor in the Astronomy Centre of the University of Sussex. His is the author of several highly acclaimed volumes on the philosophy of science, including most recently Theories of Everything, which Publishers Weekly hailed as "a mind-boggling intellectual adventure."

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