2018, ISBN: 0374146705

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[EAN: 9780374146702], Gebraucht, wie neu, [PU: Farrar, Straus and Giroux], SCIENCE, HISTORY, Jacket, First Edition, 1st printing. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in AS NEW condition. … Mehr…

[EAN: 9780374146702], Gebraucht, wie neu, [PU: Farrar, Straus and Giroux], SCIENCE, HISTORY, Jacket, First Edition, 1st printing. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in AS NEW condition. "Does time exist? What is infinity? Why do mirrors reverse left and right but not up and down? In this scintillating collection of essays, Jim Holt explores the human mind, the cosmos, and the thinkers who've tried to encompass the latter with the former. With his trademark clarity and humor, Holt probes the mysteries of quantum mechanics, the quest for the foundations of mathematics, and the nature of logic and truth. Along the way, he offers intimate biographical sketches of celebrated and neglected thinkers, from the physicist Emmy Noether to the computing pioneer Alan Turing and the discoverer of fractals, Benoit Mandelbrot. WHEN EINSTEIN WALKED WITH GODEL offers a painless and playful introduction to many of our most beautiful but least understood ideas, from Einsteinian relativity to string theory. It also invites us to consider why the greatest logician of the twentieth century believed the U.S. Constitution contained a terrible contradiction--and to wonder whether the universe truly has a future." [jacket copy] "In these pieces, plucked from the last 20 years, Holt takes on infinity and the infinitesimal, the illusion of time, the birth of eugenics, the so-called new atheism, smartphones and distraction. It is an elegant history of recent ideas. Holt is an amphibious kind of writer, so capably slipping from theology to cosmology to poetry, you're reminded that specialization is a modern invention."--Parul Sehgal, The New York Times. "Jim Holt's essays are full of wonder and wisdom, irreverence and wit. And they also possess a special quality: reading them is like getting a joke--beyond the words, there's a sense of revelation and unity, ours to enjoy."--Edward Frenkel, Love & Math. Pristine hardcover w/brilliant corners & crisp edges, a square & tight binding, wrapped in an intact, relatively handsome jacket., Books<

2018, ISBN: 0374146705

[EAN: 9780374146702], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Farrar, Straus and Giroux], Good condition. This is the average used book, that has all pages or leaves present, but may include writi… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780374146702], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Farrar, Straus and Giroux], Good condition. This is the average used book, that has all pages or leaves present, but may include writing. Book may be ex-library with stamps and stickers., Books<

2018, ISBN: 0374146705

[EAN: 9780374146702], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Farrar, Straus and Giroux], Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.4,… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780374146702], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Farrar, Straus and Giroux], Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.4, Books<

2018, ISBN: 9780374146702

Hard cover, Shipped to you from Goodwill of the Valleys, Roanoke VA. Thank you for your support!, Gebraucht, [PU: Farrar, Straus and Giroux]