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356 pages • first pub 2012 (view editions)
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In this sweeping book, applied mathematician and popular author David Orrell questions the promises and pitfalls of associating beauty with truth, showing how ideas of mathematical elegance have inspired—and have sometimes misled—scientists attemp...
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356 pages • first pub 2012 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: None
Format: Not specified
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
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In this sweeping book, applied mathematician and popular author David Orrell questions the promises and pitfalls of associating beauty with truth, showing how ideas of mathematical elegance have inspired—and have sometimes misled—scientists attemp...
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