Euclid in the Rainforest: Discovering Universal Truth in Logic and Math
de Mazur, Joseph
- Usado
- Bien
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Bien
- ISBN 10
- 0131479946
- ISBN 13
- 9780131479944
- Librería
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Like Douglas Hofstadter’s Gödel, Escher, Bach , and David Berlinski’s A Tour of the Calculus , Euclid in the Rainforest combines the literary with the mathematical to explore logic—the one indispensable tool in man’s quest to understand the world. Underpinning both math and science, it is the foundation of every major advancement in knowledge since the time of the ancient Greeks. Through adventure stories and historical narratives populated with a rich and quirky cast of characters, Mazur artfully reveals the less-than-airtight nature of logic and the muddled relationship between math and the real world. Ultimately, Mazur argues, logical reasoning is not purely robotic. At its most basic level, it is a creative process guided by our intuitions and beliefs about the world.
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- Librería
- World of Books Ltd (GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- GOR004264731
- Título
- Euclid in the Rainforest: Discovering Universal Truth in Logic and Math
- Autor
- Mazur, Joseph
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hardback
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bien
- Cantidad disponible
- 2
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0131479946
- ISBN 13
- 9780131479944
- Editorial
- Pi Press
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Primera fecha de publicación de esta edición
- October 4, 2004
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