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     The Universe and the Teacup - Signed by author K.C.Cole$35.00
Signed by author K. C. Cole. Hardback with dust jacket, new. "Pure mathematics," Albert Einstein once remarked, "is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas." In The Universe and the Teacup, Los Angeles Times science writer K. C. Cole discusses some of the ways this "poetry" can be used to look at science and other realms of experience. Mathematics, Cole explains, enables us to "translate the complexity of the world into manageable patterns," whether we're trying to comprehend the risks of smoking or the usefulness of DNA matches in criminal investigations. Without relying on a single equation, Cole's gently humorous prose helps make mathematics unthreatening to laypeople, enabling them to better understand the world in which they live.
"The Universe and the Teacup stands blissfully apart form all the recent books that have tried to analyze, exploit, or quell the epidemic fear of mathematics – by exposing numbers as integral parts of our own brains and hearts. K. C. Cole has a wise, wide perspective, informed by her humor and her common-sense irreverence." -Dava Sobel, author of Longitude
$35.00 (plus shipping and sales tax in CA only)
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