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  • MATHEMATICS
    JAMES D STEIN / STEIN JAMES D
    This book tells the stories of some of the great quests of mathematics, such as the centuries-long pursuit for the proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem. These quests are searches for difficult-to-discover universal truths, pursued with passion not only by mathematicians and scientists, but by kings, emperors and even Jean-Luc Picard, the captain of Star Trek’s Starship Enterprise. So...
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    31,86 €

  • SEDUCED BY MATHEMATICS
    JAMES D STEIN / STEIN JAMES D
    Seduction is not just an end result, but a process - and in mathematics, both the end results and the process by which those end results are achieved are often charming and elegant.This helps to explain why so many people - not just those for whom math plays a key role in their day-to-day lives - have found mathematics so seductive. Math is unique among all subjects in that it ...
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    31,65 €

  • FATE OF SCHRODINGER’S CAT, THE
    JAMES D STEIN / STEIN JAMES D
    Can we correctly predict the flip of a fair coin more than half the time — or the decay of a single radioactive atom? Our intuition, based on a lifetime of experience, tells us that we cannot, as these are classic examples of what are known to be 50–50 guesses.But mathematics is filled with counterintuitive results — and this book discusses some surprising and entertaining exam...
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    31,91 €

  • Cosmic Numbers
    James D Stein
    In Cosmic Numbers, mathematics professor James Stein traces the discovery, evolution, and interrelationships of the great numbers that define our world. Some numbers, like the speed of light and absolute zero, are well known to the general public. Others, such as Boltzmann's constant and the Chandrasekhar limit, are known only to those with a deep knowledge of science. But ...
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    28,25 €