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  • Enlightening Symbols

    A Short History of Mathematical Notation and Its Hidden Powers

    de Joseph Mazur ...
    "[A] fascinating narrative. . . . This is a nuanced, intelligently framed chronicle . . . In a word: enlightening." —George Szpiro, NatureWhile all of us regularly use basic math symbols such as those for plus, minus, and equals, few of us know that many of these symbols weren't available before the sixteenth century. What did mathematicians rely on for their work before then? And how did ... Leer más

    $17.29 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Clock Mirage

    Our Myth of Measured Time

    de Joseph Mazur ...
    A tour of clocks throughout the centuries—from the sandglass to the telomere—to reveal the physical, biological, and social nature of time.Named one of Book Riot 's Six Great Nonfiction Books about TimeWhat is time? This question has fascinated philosophers, mathematicians, and scientists for thousands of years. Why does time seem to speed up with age? What is its connection with... ... Leer más

    $20.19 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Fluke

    The Math and Myth of Coincidence

    de Joseph Mazur ...
    A mathematical guide to understanding why life can seem to be one big coincidence-and why the odds of just about everything are better than we would think.What are the chances? This is the question we ask ourselves when we encounter the strangest and most seemingly impossible coincidences, like the woman who won the lottery four times or the fact that Lincoln's dreams foreshadowed his own ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Storia del tempo

    Misurare il tempo da Zenone alla fisica quantistica

    de Joseph Mazur ...
    Traducido por Giovanni Malafarina ...
    Cos'è il tempo? Questa domanda ha affascinato filosofi, matematici e scienziati per migliaia di anni,ma sembra non poter trovare risposta. Perché il tempo sembra accelerare con l'età? Qual è la sua connessione con i cicli della memoria? A fornire ognuna di queste risposte ci prova Joseph Mazur: partendo da Zenone per arrivare alla fisica quantistica, ci aiuta a capire come il rapporto tra uomo e ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Zeno's Paradox

    Unraveling the Ancient Mystery Behind the Science of Space and Time

    de Joseph Mazur ...
    The fascinating story of an ancient riddle and what it reveals about the nature of time and spaceThree millennia ago, the Greek philosopher Zeno constructed a series of logical paradoxes to prove that motion is impossible. Today, these paradoxes remain on the cutting edge of our investigations into the fabric of space and time. Zeno's Paradox uses the motion paradox as a jumping-off point for an ... Leer más

    Antes $6.99 USD Ahora $5.99 USD

  • The Motion Paradox

    The 2,500-Year Old Puzzle Behind All the Mysteries of Time and Space

    de Joseph Mazur ...
    The epic tale of an ancient, unsolved puzzle and how it relates to all scientific attempts to explain the basic structure of the universeAt the dawn of science the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno formulated his paradox of motion, and amazingly, it is still on the cutting edge of all investigations into the fabric of reality.Zeno used logic to argue that motion is impossible, and at the heart of his ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • Euclid in the Rainforest

    Discovering Universal Truth in Logic and Math

    de Joseph Mazur ...
    Like Douglas Hofstadter’s Gödel, Escher, Bach, and David Berlinski’s A Tour of the Calculus, Euclid in the Rainforest combines the literary with the mathematical to explorelogic—the one indispensable tool in man’s quest to understand the world. Underpinning both math and science, it is the foundation of every major advancement in knowledge since the time of the ancient Greeks. Through adventure ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • What's Luck Got to Do with It?

    The History, Mathematics, and Psychology of the Gambler's Illusion

    de Joseph Mazur ...
    The hazards of feeling lucky in gamblingWhy do so many gamblers risk it all when they know the odds of winning are against them? Why do they believe dice are "hot" in a winning streak? Why do we expect heads on a coin toss after several flips have turned up tails? What's Luck Got to Do with It? takes a lively and eye-opening look at the mathematics, history, and psychology of gambling to reveal ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD

  • Achille e la tartaruga. Il paradosso del moto da Zenone a Einstein

    Traducido por Piga C. ...
    de Joseph Mazur ...
    Tre millenni fa Zenone di Elea costruì una serie di paradossi logici per provare l'impossibilità del movimento. In uno di essi sosteneva che se "congelassimo" una freccia in volo in un qualsiasi istante, essa apparirebbe ferma, e se è ferma in quell'istante lo sarà in qualunque istante. Il "crudele" Zenone (come lo definì Paul Valéry) decretò così la crisi di un basilare modello mentale, al quale ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • Storia dei simboli matematici

    de Joseph Mazur ...
    La storia dei numeri e dei simboli matematici accompagna e incrementa l'arco della vicenda umana. È una saga epica, costruita dalla specie attraverso crolli di intere civiltà e progressi che sarebbero leggendari, se non fossero documentati. Con gli operatori matematici il genere umano solca i cieli e si avventura nello spazio cosmico, e allo stesso modo affronta il quotidiano sul pianeta. ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Audiolibro

    The Clock Mirage

    Our Myth of Measured Time

    de Joseph Mazur ...
    Narrado por Keith Sellon-Wright ...

    Completo

    8 hora 52 minutos

    What is time? This question has fascinated philosophers, mathematicians, and scientists for thousands of years.Award-winning author and mathematician Joseph Mazur provides an engaging exploration of how the understanding of time has evolved throughout human history and offers a compelling new vision, submitting that time lives within us. Our cells, he notes, have a temporal awareness, guided by ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

  • Audiolibro

    Fluke

    The Math and Myth of Coincidence

    de Joseph Mazur ...
    Narrado por Tim Andres Pabon ...

    Completo

    7 hora 17 minutos

    What are the chances? This is the question we ask ourselves when we encounter the strangest and most seemingly impossible coincidences, like the woman who won the lottery four times or the fact that Lincoln’s dreams foreshadowed his own assassination. But, when we look at coincidences mathematically, the odds are a lot better than any of us would have thought.In Fluke, mathematician Joseph Mazur ... Leer más

    $29.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook