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Beyond Reason: Eight Great Problems That Reveal the Limits of Science

A mind-bending excursion to the limits of science and mathematics
Are some scientific problems insoluble? In Beyond Reason, internationally acclaimed math and science author A. K. Dewdney answers this question by examining eight insurmountable mathematical and scientific roadblocks that have stumped thinkers across the centuries, from ancient mathematical conundrums such as "squaring the circle," first attempted by the Pythagoreans, to G?del's vexing theorem, from perpetual motion to the upredictable behavior of chaotic systems such as the weather.
A. K. Dewdney, PhD (Ontario, Canada), was the author of Scientific American's "Computer Recreations" column for eight years. He has written several critically acclaimed popular math and science books, including A Mathematical Mystery Tour (0-471-40734-8); Yes, We Have No Neutrons (0-471-29586-8); and 200% of Nothing (0-471-14574-2).

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Title of ebook: Beyond Reason: Eight Great Problems That Reveal the Limits of Science
ISBN: 9780471652427
parent-ISBN: 9780471013983
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Internet download file size: 1235 kb
Published: 04-2004
Released online for download: 05-10-2004
Author of eBook: Dewdney, A. K.

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