Author : Robert Osserman
Release : 2011-04-27
Genre : Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 584/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Poetry of the Universe by : Robert Osserman
Download or read book Poetry of the Universe written by Robert Osserman. This book was released on 2011-04-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the bestselling literary tradition of Lewis Thomas's Lives of a Cell and James Watson's The Double Helix, Poetry of the Universe is a delightful and compelling narrative charting the evolution of mathematical ideas that have helped to illuminate the nature of the observable universe. In a richly anecdotal fashion, the book explores teh leaps of imagination and vision in mathematics that have helped pioneer our understanding of the world around us.