Name: pi in the sky: counting, thinking, and being (en Inglés)
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Author: Barrow, John D.
ISBN: 9780316082594

portada pi in the sky: counting, thinking, and being (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

John D. Barrow

Editorial

Back Bay Books

Idioma

Inglés

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

22.1 x 14.3 x 2.2 cm

Peso

0.44 kg.

ISBN

0316082597

ISBN13

9780316082594

Categorías

Filosofía de las matemáticas
Historia de las matemáticas

pi in the sky: counting, thinking, and being (en Inglés)

John D. Barrow (Autor) · Back Bay Books · Tapa Blanda

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Reseña del libro "pi in the sky: counting, thinking, and being (en Inglés)"

John D. Barrow's Pi in the Sky is a profound -- and profoundly different -- exploration of the world of mathematics: where it comes from, what it is, and where it's going to take us if we follow it to the limit in our search for the ultimate meaning of the universe. Barrow begins by investigating whether math is a purely human invention inspired by our practical needs. Or is it something inherent in nature waiting to be discovered? In answering these questions, Barrow provides a bridge between the usually irreconcilable worlds of mathematics and theology. Along the way, he treats us to a history of counting all over the world, from Egyptian hieroglyphics to logical friction, from number mysticism to Marxist mathematics. And he introduces us to a host of peculiar individuals who have thought some of the deepest and strangest thoughts that human minds have ever thought, from Lao-Tse to Robert Pirsig, Charles Darwin, and Umberto Eco. Barrow thus provides the historical framework and the intellectual tools necessary to an understanding of some of today's weightiest mathematical concepts.