Beyond measure: a guided tour through nature, myth and number
Auteur :
Kappraff, Jay
Éditeur :
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
ISBN :
9789810247010
Date de publication :
18 déc. 2002
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Singapour
A collection of essays that stand on their own but are also connected. Part I examines how numbers and geometry arise in nature and several cultural contexts. Part II shows how many of the same numbers and number sequences are related to the study of numbers, dynamical systems, chaos and fractals.