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348 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780300186611
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 27 November 2012
Description
In this sweeping book, applied mathematician and popular author David Orrell questions the promises and pitfalls of associating beauty with truth, showing how ideas of mathematical elegance have inspired--and have sometimes misled--scientists atte...
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348 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780300186611
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 27 November 2012
Description
In this sweeping book, applied mathematician and popular author David Orrell questions the promises and pitfalls of associating beauty with truth, showing how ideas of mathematical elegance have inspired--and have sometimes misled--scientists atte...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings