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020 _a0716750473
041 _aeng
080 _a51
_bDEV
100 _aDevlin, Keith.
245 _aMathematics: The Science of Patterns
_bThe Search for order in life, mind, and the universe
260 _aNew York
_bScientific American Library
_c1994
300 _avii,215 p.
440 _aScientific American Library
520 _aThis 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.
650 _aMathematics
650 _aMathematik : Grundlage
690 _aMathematics
942 _cBK
999 _c12958
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