Mathematics: The Science of Patterns The Search for order in life, mind, and the universe

By: Devlin, KeithMaterial type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Scientific American LibraryPublication details: New York Scientific American Library 1994Description: vii,215 pISBN: 0716750473Subject(s): Mathematics | Mathematik : Grundlage | MathematicsSummary: This work suggests that mathematics is more usefully understood as the study of patterns. With a minimum of formulae and no elaborate formal proofs, the author presents mathematics as a unique human endeavour that helps us to understand the universe and ourselves.
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This work suggests that mathematics is more usefully understood as the study of patterns. With a minimum of formulae and no elaborate formal proofs, the author presents mathematics as a unique human endeavour that helps us to understand the universe and ourselves.

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