Poetry of the Universe

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Physics, Mathematical Physics, Cosmology, Astrophysics & Space Science
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Author: Robert Osserman ISBN: 9780307790583
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Publication: April 27, 2011
Imprint: Anchor Language: English
Author: Robert Osserman
ISBN: 9780307790583
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication: April 27, 2011
Imprint: Anchor
Language: English

In the bestselling literary tradition of Lewis Thomas's Lives of a Cell and James Watson's The Double Helix, Poetry of the Universe is a delightful and compelling narrative charting the evolution of mathematical ideas that have helped to illuminate the nature of the observable universe. In a richly anecdotal fashion, the book explores teh leaps of imagination and vision in mathematics that have helped pioneer our understanding of the world around us.

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In the bestselling literary tradition of Lewis Thomas's Lives of a Cell and James Watson's The Double Helix, Poetry of the Universe is a delightful and compelling narrative charting the evolution of mathematical ideas that have helped to illuminate the nature of the observable universe. In a richly anecdotal fashion, the book explores teh leaps of imagination and vision in mathematics that have helped pioneer our understanding of the world around us.

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