The Universe and the Teacup: The Mathematics of Truth and Beauty
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780547546148 (0547546149)
Publish date: January 15th 1998
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
This is a popular science book that offers a very accessible look at how math figures in our lives, well beyond the obvious. What I found most interesting was the conclusion that math is not the bottom line hard truth we might think it to be. Everything, even math, depends on context and probability...