Coincidences, Chaos, and All That Math Jazz: Making Light of Weighty Ideas
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780393078503 (0393078507)
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages no: 304
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...