How math explains the world : a guide to the power of numbers, from car repair to modern physics / James D. Stein
Imprint
New York : Smithsonian Books/Collins, c2008
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Status
CCQ - Lusail Male Library
QA8.4
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Edition
1st ed.
Description
xxi, 264 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note
Includes index.
Contents
Why your car never seems to be ready when they promised -- Describing the universe -- The measure of all things -- Reality checks -- All things great and small -- The incomplete toolbox -- Impossible constructions -- The Hope Diamond of mathemat