"Casti is one of the great science writers." -San Francisco Examiner "Casti's gift is to be able to let the nonmathematical reader share in his understanding of the beauty of a good theory." -Christian Science Monitor Following up the acclaimed Five Golden Rules, another quintet of gleaming math discoveries With Five More Golden Rules, readers are treated to another fascinating set of theoretical gems from acclaimed popular science author John Casti. Injecting all-new ingredients into his trademark recipe of real-world ...
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"Casti is one of the great science writers." -San Francisco Examiner "Casti's gift is to be able to let the nonmathematical reader share in his understanding of the beauty of a good theory." -Christian Science Monitor Following up the acclaimed Five Golden Rules, another quintet of gleaming math discoveries With Five More Golden Rules, readers are treated to another fascinating set of theoretical gems from acclaimed popular science author John Casti. Injecting all-new ingredients into his trademark recipe of real-world examples, historical anecdotes, and straightforward explanations, Casti once again brings math to thrilling life. All who enjoyed the unique pleasures of the original will love this follow-up survey highlighting the creme de la creme of math in the last century. Explores how knot theory informs the classic tale of Alexander the Great and the Gordian Knot * Considers how the Shannon Coding Theory applies to decoding the human genome John L. Casti, PhD (Santa Fe, NM), a resident member of the Santa Fe Institute, is a professor at the Technical University of Vienna and the author of Would-Be Worlds (Wiley) and Cambridge Quintet.
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*Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday, June 3 (weekend sale item)* 268 pp., hardcover, new in new dust jacket. -If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.
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As New in As New jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. First edition, 268 pp. John Casti reveals the remarkable origins of some of the most monumental mathematical discoveries of the last century, and sheds some light on how these revolutionary ideas have reshaped our lives, in this follow-up to his Five Golden Rules. Casti infuses his sometimes intimidating subjects with an infectious energy, illustrating his ideas not only with equations and graphs but with such diverse sources as the work of William Blake, the Greek legend of Gordius, and Paul Revere's lantern signals. From explaining how knot theory contributes to the development of new drugs to revealing how astronomers can predict planetary motions with the Hopf Bifurcation Theorem, Casti offers an invigorating glimpse into the world of 20th-century mathematics and the secrets it has unraveled. In protective mylar cover.
