Bibliograph

Coincidences, chaos, and all that math jazz, making light of weighty ideas, Edward B. Burger & Michael Starbird ; original art by Alan Witschonke

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Coincidences, chaos, and all that math jazz, making light of weighty ideas, Edward B. Burger & Michael Starbird ; original art by Alan Witschonke

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Coincidences, chaos, and all that math jazz

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

60245869

Responsibility statement

Edward B. Burger & Michael Starbird ; original art by Alan Witschonke

Sub title

making light of weighty ideas

Table Of Contents

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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