Bibliograph

Life by the numbers, Keith Devlin

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Life by the numbers, Keith Devlin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 210) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Life by the numbers

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

37761914

Responsibility statement

Keith Devlin

Summary

Keith Devlin reveals the astonishing range of creative and powerful ways in which scientists, artists, athletes, medical researchers, and many others are using mathematics to explore our world and to enhance our lives. On this tour you will explore deep-sea volcanoes with oceanographer Dawn Wright, go behind the scenes of blockbuster movies with special-effects designer Doug Trumbull, and probe the strange lives of viruses with microbiologist Sylvia Spengler. Listen to astronomer Robert Kirshner describe how he is charting the curve of space; discover how biologist Mike Labarbara visualizes the way a Tyrannosaurus rex carried its massive frame; and, along with brain researcher Brad Hatfield, peer into the mind of an Olympic markswoman at the moment she takes a shot. Glimpse a future of wearable computers and silicon "butlers" with computer scientist Pattie Maes, and watch a lilac come to life on screen with "computer botanist" Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz

Table Of Contents

Chapter 1: The invisible Universe -- Chapter 2: Seeing is believing -- Chapter 3: Patterns of nature -- Chapter 4: The numbers game -- Chapter 5: The shape of the World -- Chapter 6: Chances of a lifetime -- Chapter 7: A new age -- Chapter 8: It's an M world

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Creator