Poetry of the Universe
A Mathematical Exploration of the Cosmos| By: | Robert Osserman |
| Publisher: | Random House Digital Inc. |
| Print ISBN: | 9780385474290 |
| eText ISBN: | 9780307790583 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 1995 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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In the bestselling literary tradition of Lewis Thomas's Lives of a Cell and James Watson's The Double Helix, Poetry of the Universe is a delightful and compelling narrative charting the evolution of mathematical ideas that have helped to illuminate the nature of the observable universe. In a richly anecdotal fashion, the book explores teh leaps of imagination and vision in mathematics that have helped pioneer our understanding of the world around us.