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Are numbers real? : the uncanny relationship of mathematics and the physical world / Brian Clegg.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
510 CLE	Adult Non Fiction		Bankstown .	. Available .

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781250081049 (hbk.)
ISBN	1250081041 (hbk.)
Name	Clegg, Brian author.
Title	Are numbers real? : the uncanny relationship of mathematics and the physical world / Brian Clegg.
Published	New York St. Martin's Press, 2016.
Description	x, 288 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Notes	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Counting sheep -- Counting goats -- All is number -- Elegant perfection -- Counting sand -- The emergence of nothing -- He who is ignorant -- All in the imagination -- The amazing mechanical mathematical universe -- The mystery of "maybe" -- Maxwell's mathematical hammer -- Infinity and beyond -- Twentieth-century mathematical mysteries -- Symmetry games -- Cargo cult science?
Summary	Presents an accessible, in-depth look at the history of numbers and their applications in life and science, from math's surreal presence in the virtual world to the debates about the role of math in science.
Subjects	Mathematics
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Mathematics . See Also: Algebra . Arithmetic . Business mathematics . Calculus . Dynamics . Economics, Mathematical . Fourth dimension . Game theory . Geometry . Graphic methods . Kinematics . Logic, Symbolic and mathematical . Metric system . Number theory . Probabilities . Science . Set theory . Trigonometry . Vector analysis . Word problems (Mathematics) . Narrower Subject References: Vector analysis. . Word problems (Mathematics) . Authors: Clegg, Brian .