The language of mathematics :

By: Devlin, Keith JMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Holt, 2002Description: viii, 344 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0805072543; 9780805072549Subject(s): MathematicsDDC classification: 510 .D497
Contents:
ch. 1. Why numbers count -- ch. 2. Patterns of the mind -- ch. 3. Mathematics in motion -- ch. 4. Mathematics gets into shape -- ch. 5. Mathematics of beauty -- ch. 6. What happens when mathematics gets into position -- ch. 7. How mathematicians figure the odds -- ch. 8. Uncovering the hidden patterns of the universe.
Summary: Taking the reader on a wondrous journey through the invisible universe that surrounds us--a universe made visible by mathematics--Devlin shows us what keeps a jumbo jet in the air, explains how we can see and hear a football game on TV, allows us to predict the weather, the behavior of the stock market, and the outcome of elections. Microwave ovens, telephone cables, children's toys, pacemakers, automobiles, and computers--all operate on mathematical principles. Far from a dry and esoteric subject, mathematics is a rich and living part of our culture.
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"A W.H. Freeman/Holt paperback"--Title page verso.

Includes index.

ch. 1. Why numbers count -- ch. 2. Patterns of the mind -- ch. 3. Mathematics in motion -- ch. 4. Mathematics gets into shape -- ch. 5. Mathematics of beauty -- ch. 6. What happens when mathematics gets into position -- ch. 7. How mathematicians figure the odds -- ch. 8. Uncovering the hidden patterns of the universe.

Taking the reader on a wondrous journey through the invisible universe that surrounds us--a universe made visible by mathematics--Devlin shows us what keeps a jumbo jet in the air, explains how we can see and hear a football game on TV, allows us to predict the weather, the behavior of the stock market, and the outcome of elections. Microwave ovens, telephone cables, children's toys, pacemakers, automobiles, and computers--all operate on mathematical principles. Far from a dry and esoteric subject, mathematics is a rich and living part of our culture.