Coincidences, Chaos, and All That Math Jazz

Coincidences, Chaos, and All That Math Jazz Making Light of Weighty Ideas

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Publisher's Synopsis

A 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 information

ISBN: 9780393329315
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Imprint: W.W. Norton and Company
Pub date:
DEWEY: 510
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 304
Weight: 304g
Height: 207mm
Width: 141mm
Spine width: 18mm