Is anything truly random? Does infinity actually exist? Could we ever see into other dimensions?
In this delightful journey of discovery, David Darling and extraordinary child prodigy Agnijo Banerjee draw connections between the cutting edge of modern maths and life as we understand it, delving into the strange – would we like alien music? – and venturing out on quests to consider the existence of free will and the fantastical future of quantum computers. Packed with puzzles and paradoxes, mind-bending concepts and surprising solutions, this is for anyone who wants life’s questions answered – even those you never thought to ask.
- 288 pages
- English
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Applied MathematicsIndex
MathematicsTable of contents
- Introduction
- A Note to the Reader
- Chapter 1 ā¢ The Maths Behind the World
- Chapter 2 ā¢ How to See in 4D
- Chapter 3 ā¢ Chance Is a Fine Thing
- Chapter 4 ā¢ Patterns at the Brink of Chaos
- Chapter 5 ā¢ Turingās Fantastic Machine
- Chapter 6 ā¢ Music of the Spheres
- Chapter 7 ā¢ Prime Mysteries
- Chapter 8 ā¢ Can Chess Be Solved?
- Chapter 9 ā¢ What Is and What Should Never Be
- Chapter 10 ā¢ You Canāt Get There from Here
- Chapter 11 ā¢ The Biggest Number of All
- Chapter 12 ā¢ Bend it, Stretch it, Any Way You Want to
- Chapter 13 ā¢ God, Gƶdel, and the Search for Proof
- Acknowledgements
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