Nature's Numbers: The Unreal Reality of Mathematics by Ian Stewart, Ian Stewart

Nature's Numbers: The Unreal Reality of Mathematics

Ian Stewart, Ian Stewart

176 pages • first pub 1995 (view editions)

nonfiction mathematics science adventurous challenging informative slow-paced
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Mathematics is, Ian Stewart admits, totally unreal - an entirely mental construct. Furthermore, the complicated equations and lengthy proofs we usually identify as math are no more the essence of math than a musical score is a Beethoven symphony. ...

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