In this brilliant account of mathematicians in action, Casti invites readers to scale mathematical peaks as he recreates solutions to the five greatest mathematical problems of all time.

Mathematical Mountaintops: The Five Most Famous Problems of All Time

Science & Math

john-l-casti

Mathematics

Oxford University Press, Incor

The author contrives a meeting of some of the finest thinkers of the 20th century - it is 1947 and C.P. Snow summons Wittgenstein, Schroedinger, Haldane and Turing to his rooms to discuss the key scientific issues of the day over dinner.

The Cambridge Quintet: A Science Fiction

Little,Brown

A mathematician explores how complexity arises, showing how the universe consists of unpredictable "dynamical systems" so subtle that human logic cannot fathom them and laying the groundwork for a "Science of Surprise." 30,000 first printing. $30,000 ad/promo. Tour.

Complexification: Explaining a Paradoxical World Through the Science of Surprise

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Paradigms Regained

ABACUS (LITT)

Praise for Alternate Realities Mathematical Models of Nature and Man "â?¦covers the major topics completely and accurately within the context of current knowledge. Indeed, to my knowledge, there is no book which does so nearly as completely and well." â??George Leitmann, University of California, Berkeley "Surveys an extensive amount of modern mathematicsâ?¦introduces and outlines some of these basic modern ideas for the non-specialist." â??Donald G. Saari, Northwestern University "A sophisticated and modern text on mathematical modellingâ?¦much more comprehensive than any of its competitors currently on the market." â??George Klir, State University of New York at Binghamton "Castiâ??s approach is fearless in constructing conceptual mappings between reality and mathematical notions. The book is pioneering in nature." â??Myron B. Allen, University of Wyoming An Instructor's Manual presenting detailed solutions to all the problems in the book is available from the Wiley editorial department.

Alternate Realities: Mathematical Models of Nature and Man

Wiley-Interscience

Kurt Gödel was an intellectual giant. His Incompleteness Theorem turned not only mathematics but also the whole world of science and philosophy on its head. Equally legendary were Gödel's eccentricities, his close friendship with Albert Einstein, and his paranoid fear of germs that eventually led to his death from self-starvation. Now, in the first popular biography of this strange and brilliant thinker, John Casti and Werner DePauli bring the legend to life. After describing his childhood in the Moravian capital of Brno, the authors trace the arc of Gödel's remarkable career, from the famed Vienna Circle, where philosophers and scientists debated notions of truth, to the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, where he lived and worked until his death in 1978. In the process, they shed light on Gödel's contributions to mathematics, philosophy, computer science, artificial intelligence--even cosmology--in an entertaining and accessible way.

Gödel: A Life of Logic, the Mind, and Mathematics

Biographies & Memoirs

Werner DePauli

Professionals & Academics

Basic Books

PARADIGMS LOST, Images of Man in the Mirror of Science

Intended for both the layman and the scientist, this book presents an overview of some of today's great scientific questions, from the way in which we acquire language and the fundamental nature of our thinking processes, to the possible existence of life elsewhere in the universe. Each chapter is constructed in the form of a trial, with the conventional scientific wisdom presented by the "prosecution" and alternative views put forward by the "defence". The author, who aims to be both informative and entertaining, subsequently steps in to act as "juror", offering explanations of his verdicts.

Paradigms Lost: Images of Man in the Mirror of Science

Searching For Certainty

Would-Be Worlds: How Simulation Is Changing the Frontiers of Science

History & Philosophy

John Wiley&Sons

5 Golden Rules: Great Theories of 20th-Century Mathematics and Why They Matter

5 Golden Rules: Great Theories of 20th-Century Mathematics and Why They Matter

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