Bridges to Infinity: The Human Side of Mathematics
- ISBN-10
- 0874773458
- ISBN-13
- 9780874773453
- Category
- Mathematics
- Pages
- 204
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1983
- Publisher
- Tarcher
- Author
- Michael Guillen
Description
Explains important mathematical concepts, such as probability and statistics, set theory, paradoxes, symmetries, dimensions, game theory, randomness, and irrational numbers
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