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The Language of Mathematics: Making the Invisible Visible

The Language of Mathematics: Making the Invisible Visible

by KeithJ.Devlin (Author)

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    Paperback 2000

    $18.14
Synopsis

Keith Devlin reveals the role mathematics plays in our eternal quest to understand who we are and the world we live in. More than just the study of numbers, mathematics provides us with the eyes to recognise and describe the hidden patterns of life. Supported with a variety of examples including - what keeps a jumbo jet in the air, how we forecast the weather and predict changes in the stock market, Devlin shows how mathematics can be used to describe and explain the world about us.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 352
 Edition: New
 Publisher: W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd
Published: 23 May 2000
ISBN 10: 0716739674
ISBN 13: 9780716739678

Author Bio
Keith Devlin is Dean of the School of Science at Saint Mary's College of California and Senior Researcher at Stanford University's Center for the Study of Language and Information. A key participant in the six-part PBS television series Life by the Numbers, he is the author of Life by the Numbers, Goodbye, Descartes, Logic and Information, and Mathematics: The New Golden Age. His most recent book is InfoSense: Turning Information into Knowledge.