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" Coincidences, chaos, and all that math jazz : "
Edward B. Burger, Michael Starbird ; original illustrations by Alan Witschonke.
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BL
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874646
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Burger, Edward B.,1963-
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Coincidences, chaos, and all that math jazz : : making light of weighty ideas /\ Edward B. Burger, Michael Starbird ; original illustrations by Alan Witschonke.
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1st ed.
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New York :: W.W. Norton,, ©2005.
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ix, 276 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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0393059456
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: 0393329313
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: 9780393059458
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: 9780393329315
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Understanding uncertainty : coincidences -- Chaos, and confusion -- Unbridled coincidences : likelihood, lady luck, and lady love -- Chaos reigns : why we can't predict the future -- Digesting life's data : statistical surprises -- Embracing figures: sensing secrecy -- Magnificent magnitudes, and nature's numbers -- Secrets held, secrets revealed : cryptography decrypted -- Sizing up numbers : how many? how big? how quick? -- A synergy between nature and number : a search for -- Pattern -- Exploring aesthetics: sexy rectangles -- Fiery fractals, and contortions of space -- From precise beauty to pure chaos: picturing aesthetics -- Through the lens of mathematics -- Origami for the origamically challenged: from paper folding -- To computers and fiery fractals -- A twisted turn in an amorphous universe: an exploration of -- An elasticized world -- transcending reality: the fourth -- Dimension and infinity -- The universe next door: the magic of the fourth dimension -- Moving beyond the confines of our nutshell: a journey into -- Infinity -- In search of something still larger: a journey beyond -- Infinity.
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| Abstract
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An explanation of challenging puzzles within the world of mathematics considers such topics as the link between a pineapple's spirals and the famous Fibonacci numbers, and the shape of the universe as reflected by a twisted strip of paper.
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Mathematics, Humor.
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Matematik.
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Mathematics, Humor.
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Mathematics.
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| Dewey Classification
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510
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QA99.B87 2005
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SN 300rvk
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Starbird, Michael.
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