Descartes' secret notebook : a true tale of mathematics, mysticism, and the quest to understand the universe
Physical Description: |
xiv, 273 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
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Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [258]-264) and index. |
ISBN: |
0767920333 |
Author Notes: |
His first book, Complete Business Statistics, was published in 1989 and went through eight editions. His other books include How to Beat the I.R.S. at Its Own Game: Strategies to Avoid - and Fight - an Audit; Fermat's Last Theorem: Unlocking the Secret of an Ancient Mathematical Problem; The Mystery of the Aleph: Mathematics, the Kabbalah, and the Search for Infinity; The Riddle of the Compass: The Invention That Changed the World; Entanglement: The Greatest Mystery in Physics; and Finding Zero: A Mathematician's Odyssey to Uncover the Origins of Numbers. He died from cancer on November 26, 2015 at the age of 65. (Bowker Author Biography) |