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Synopsis
We have learnt that there is safety in numbers. Our understanding of the world around us has grown with our appreciation of its habits and repetitions. We live in a world of consequences rather than coincidences. This understanding of the way the world is founded upon our discovery of the power and utility of "number" in unravelling its innermost workings. From the farthest reaches of space to the inner space of elementary particles of matter we have found the world to dance to a mathematical tune. This book takes a philosophical look at mathematics, and asks whether it is just a human invention, a discovery, part of the mind of God, or a game played on paper with any rules we like. It should be of interest to physicists, philosophers of science, and general readers.
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John D. Barrow's Pi in the Sky is a profound -- and profoundly different -- exploration of the world of mathematics: where it comes from, what it is, and where it's going to take us if we follow it to the limit in our search for the ultimate meaning of the universe. Barrow begins by investigating whether math is a purely human invention inspired by our practical needs. Or is it something inherent in nature waiting to be discovered?
In answering these questions, Barrow provides a bridge between the usually irreconcilable worlds of mathematics and theology. Along the way, he treats us to a history of counting all over the world, from Egyptian hieroglyphics to logical friction, from number mysticism to Marxist mathematics. And he introduces us to a host of peculiar individuals who have thought some of the deepest and strangest thoughts that human minds have ever thought, from Lao-Tse to Robert Pirsig, Charles Darwin, and Umberto Eco. Barrow thus provides the historical framework and the intellectual tools necessary to an understanding of some of today's weightiest mathematical concepts.
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Etat : Bueno. : Pi in the Sky de John D. Barrow es una exploración profunda y diferente del mundo de las matemáticas: de dónde viene, qué es y a dónde nos llevará si la seguimos hasta el límite en nuestra búsqueda del significado último del universo. Barrow comienza investigando si las matemáticas son una invención puramente humana inspirada en nuestras necesidades prácticas, o si es algo inherente a la naturaleza esperando ser descubierto. Al responder a estas preguntas, Barrow proporciona un puente entre los mundos usualmente irreconciliables de las matemáticas y la teología. A lo largo del camino, nos ofrece una historia del conteo en todo el mundo, desde los jeroglíficos egipcios hasta la fricción lógica, desde el misticismo numérico hasta las matemáticas marxistas. Y nos presenta a una serie de individuos peculiares que han pensado algunos de los pensamientos más profundos y extraños que las mentes humanas han pensado, desde Lao-Tse hasta Robert Pirsig, Charles Darwin y Umberto Eco. Barrow proporciona así el marco histórico y las herramientas intelectuales necesarias para una comprensión de algunos de los conceptos matemáticos más importantes de la actualidad. EAN: 9780140231090 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Ciencias Título: Pi in the Sky Autor: John D. Barrow Editorial: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD Idioma: en Páginas: 336 Formato: tapa blanda. N° de réf. du vendeur Happ-2025-05-08-cd560b0a
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