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...
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Author: A. K. Dewdney
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Beyond Reason: Eight Great Problems That Reveal the Limits of Science by Dewdney, A. K.

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

BD$48.13

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

BD$48.13
Author: A. K. Dewdney
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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).

Author: A. K. Dewdney
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 04/23/2004
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 9.04h x 6.36w x 0.89d
ISBN: 9780471013983


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/05/2004 pg. 50
Booklist 04/15/2004 pg. 1411

About the Author

A.K. DEWDNEY, PH.D., is the author of several critically acclaimed math and science books, including A Mathematical Mystery Tour; Yes, We have No Neutrons; and 200% of Nothing, all from Wiley. He was a member of the computer science department at the University of Western Ontario and at the University of Waterloo for a combined period of thirty years before retiring. In 1996, he became an adjunct professor of biology at UWO. For eight years, Dewdney was the Computer Recreations columnist for Scientific American magazine.


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