Is God a Mathematician_ - Mario Livio [141]
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Table of Contents
Cover
Colophon
Also By Mario Livio
Title Page
copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface
1. A Mystery
2. Mystics: The Numerologist and the Philosopher
3. Magicians: The Master and the Heretic
4. Magicians: The Skeptic and the Giant
5. Statisticians and Probabilists: The Science of Uncertainty
6. Geometers: Future Shock
7. Logicians: Thinking About Reasoning
8. Unreasonable Effectiveness?
9. On the Human Mind, Mathematics, and the Universe
Notes
Bibliography
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