Coincidences, Chaos, And All That Math Jazz: Making Light Of Weighty Ideas
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780393059458 (0393059456)
Publish date: 2005
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Oooh, so close. I wanted this book to be better than it is. It's a fine book, but I had, perhaps, unrealistic expectations. It introduces non-maths types to various mathematical concepts (chaos, infinity, etc.) in a way that is very accessible. But then it sort of dumps us there - "whee! wasn't...