Meta Maths: The Quest for Omega

by Gregory J . Chaitin (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2006

  $5.60

  Meta Maths is the story of Chaitin's revolutionary discovery: [OMEGA] is otherwise known as the Omega number. The Omega number is Chaitin's representation of the profound enigma at the heart of maths, which sheds light on the very nature of life itself. Chaitin demonstrates that mathematics is as much art as logic and as much science as pure reasoning. His book is a thrilling journey to the frontiers of mathematics and a celebration of its sheer beauty.

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  Paperback
  2007

  $3.24

  Meta Maths is Gregory Chaitin's exuberant account of his discovery of 'omega': the infinitely long, exquisitely complex and utterly incalculable representation of randomness and unknowability in mathematics. From Euclid to Godel to Turing, Chaitin's infectious narrative guides us on a spellbinding journey through the historical advances in maths and science that led to his breakthrough discovery. Once there he takes us further, to the very frontiers of scientific thinking. Meta Maths shows that mathematics is as much art form as logic, as much science as pure reasoning, and sheds light on what we can ultimately hope to know about the universe and the very nature of life.

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  Paperback
  2007

  $17.73

  Meta Maths is Gregory Chaitin's exuberant account of his discovery of 'omega': the infinitely long, exquisitely complex and utterly incalculable representation of randomness and unknowability in mathematics. From Euclid to Godel to Turing, Chaitin's infectious narrative guides us on a spellbinding journey through the historical advances in maths and science that led to his breakthrough discovery. Once there he takes us further, to the very frontiers of scientific thinking. Meta Maths shows that mathematics is as much art form as logic, as much science as pure reasoning, and sheds light on what we can ultimately hope to know about the universe and the very nature of life.