Pi in the Sky: Counting, Thinking and Being

Pi in the Sky: Counting, Thinking and Being

by JohnD.Barrow (Author)

Synopsis

We have learnt that there is safety in numbers. Our understanding of the world around us has grown with our appreciation of its habits and repetitions. We live in a world of consequences rather than coincidences. This understanding of the way the of the world is founded upon our discovery of the power and utility of "number" in unravelling its innermost workings. From the farthest reaches of space to the inner space of elementary particles of matter we have found the world to dance to a mathematical tune. This book takes a philosophical look at mathematics, and asks whether it is just a human invention, a discovery, part of the mind of God, or a game played on paper with any rules we like. It should be of interest to physicists, philosophers of science, and general readers.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 329
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: 22 Oct 1992

ISBN 10: 0198539568
ISBN 13: 9780198539568

Author Bio

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.