Metamaths (Paperback, Main - Print on Demand)

One of the world's greatest mathematicians explains his revolutionary hypothesis about the enigma at the heart of maths: omega. 'Chaitin comes across as a kind of mathematical Richard Feynman, intuitive and high-spirited, irreverent and plain-spoken.' -- Peter Pesic, TLS Meta Maths is Gregory Chaitin's exuberant account of his discovery of 'omega': the infinitely long, exquisitely complex and utterly incalculable representation of randomness and unknowability in mathematics. From Euclid to Goedel to Turing, Chaitin's infectious narrative guides us on a spellbinding journey through the historical advances in maths and science that led to his breakthrough discovery. Once there he takes us further, to the very frontiers of scientific thinking. Meta Maths shows that mathematics is as much art form as logic, as much science as pure reasoning, and sheds light on what we can ultimately hope to know about the universe and the very nature of life.

General

Imprint:	Atlantic Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2007
Authors:	Gregory Chaitin
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	220
Edition:	Main - Print on Demand
ISBN-13:	978-1-84354-525-5
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Philosophy of mathematics Promotions
LSN:	1-84354-525-X
Barcode:	9781843545255

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