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Meta Math!: The Quest for Omega by Chaitin, Gregory
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- Hardcover
- Book Title
- Meta Math!
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- 1 lbs
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- ISBN
- 9780375423130
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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0375423133
ISBN-13
9780375423130
eBay Product ID (ePID)
45400278
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Meta Math! : the Quest for Omega
Subject
History & Philosophy, Machine Theory, Probability & Statistics / Stochastic Processes, History
Publication Year
2005
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Mathematics, Computers, Science
Series
Peter N. Nevraumont Bks.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
17.7 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2005-043044
Reviews
"A startling vision of the future of mathematics. . . . The Chaitinesque intellectual future will be eternally youthful and anarchic."-"American Scientist" "Math's dark secret is out. . . . Chaitin explains why omega, a number he discovered thirty years ago, has him convinced that math is based on randomness." -"Time Magazine" "Captivating. . . . With extraordinary skill and a gentle humor, Chaitin shares his profound insights." -Paul Davies, author of" How to Build a Time Machine" "A clearly written and witty look at a difficult subject. . . . Chaitin explains with infectious enthusiasm how mathematics doesn't equal certainty." -"Science News" "From the Trade Paperback edition.", "A startling vision of the future of mathematics. . . . The Chaitinesque intellectual future will be eternally youthful and anarchic."American Scientist "Math's dark secret is out. . . . Chaitin explains why omega, a number he discovered thirty years ago, has him convinced that math is based on randomness." Time Magazine "Captivating. . . . With extraordinary skill and a gentle humor, Chaitin shares his profound insights." Paul Davies, author ofHow to Build a Time Machine "A clearly written and witty look at a difficult subject. . . . Chaitin explains with infectious enthusiasm how mathematics doesn't equal certainty." Science News From the Trade Paperback edition.
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
510
Synopsis
In Meta Math!, Gregory Chaitin, one of the world's foremost mathematicians, leads us on a spellbinding journey of scientific discovery and illuminates the process by which he arrived at his groundbreaking theories. All of science is based on mathematics, but mathematicians have become painfully aware that math itself has serious limitations. This notion was first revealed in the work of two giants of twentieth-century mathematics: Kurt Godel and Alan Turing. Now their successor, Gregory Chaitin, digs even deeper into the foundations of mathematics, demonstrating that mathematics is riddled with randomness, enigmas, and paradoxes. Chaitin's revolutionary discovery, the Omega number, is an exquisitely complex representation of unknowability in mathematics. His investigations shed light on what, ultimately, we can know about the universe and the very nature of life. But if unknowability is at the core of Chaitin's theories, the great gift of his book is its completely engaging knowability. In an infectious and enthusiastic narrative, Chaitin introduces us to his passion for mathematics at its deepest and most philosophical level, and delineates the specific intellectual and intuitive steps he took toward the discovery of Omega. In the final analysis, he shows us that mathematics is as much art as logic, as much experimental science as pure reasoning. And by the end, he has helped us to see and appreciate the art--and the sheer beauty--in the science of math. In Meta Math!, Gregory Chaitin takes us to the very frontiers of scientific thinking. It is a thrilling ride., In Meta Math!, Gregory Chaitin, one of the world's foremost mathematicians, leads us on a spellbinding journey of scientific discovery and illuminates the process by which he arrived at his groundbreaking theories. All of science is based on mathematics, but mathematicians have become painfully aware that math itself has serious limitations. This notion was first revealed in the work of two giants of twentieth-century mathematics: Kurt Gödel and Alan Turing. Now their successor, Gregory Chaitin, digs even deeper into the foundations of mathematics, demonstrating that mathematics is riddled with randomness, enigmas, and paradoxes. Chaitin's revolutionary discovery, the Omega number, is an exquisitely complex representation of unknowability in mathematics. His investigations shed light on what, ultimately, we can know about the universe and the very nature of life. But if unknowability is at the core of Chaitin's theories, the great gift of his book is its completely engaging knowability. In an infectious and enthusiastic narrative, Chaitin introduces us to his passion for mathematics at its deepest and most philosophical level, and delineates the specific intellectual and intuitive steps he took toward the discovery of Omega. In the final analysis, he shows us that mathematics is as much art as logic, as much experimental science as pure reasoning. And by the end, he has helped us to see and appreciate the artand the sheer beautyin the science of math. In Meta Math!, Gregory Chaitin takes us to the very frontiers of scientific thinking. It is a thrilling ride. From the Hardcover edition., One of the world's foremost mathematicians leads readers on a journey of scientific discovery and illuminates the process by which he arrived at his groundbreaking theories and discovery of the Omega number.
LC Classification Number
QA276.C435 2005
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