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Coincidences, chaos, and all that math jazz : (Record no. 19023)

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LC control number 2005011106
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International Standard Book Number 0393059456 :
Terms of availability 24.95
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Classification number (OCLC) (R) ; Classification number, CALL (RLIN) (NR) QA 99 .B87 2005
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Classification number (OCLC) (R) ; Classification number, CALL (RLIN) (NR) QA 99 .B87 2005
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Personal name Burger, Edward B.,
Dates associated with a name 1963-
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245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Coincidences, chaos, and all that math jazz :
Remainder of title making light of weighty ideas /
Statement of responsibility, etc Edward B. Burger, Michael Starbird ; original illustrations by Alan Witschonke.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 1st ed.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc W.W. Norton,
Date of publication, distribution, etc c2005.
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Extent ix, 276 p. :
Other physical details ill. ;
Dimensions 24 cm.
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Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Formatted contents note Understanding uncertainty : coincidences -- Chaos, and confusion -- Unbridled coincidences : likelihood, lady luck, and lady love -- Chaos reigns : why we can't predict the future -- Digesting life's data : statistical surprises -- Embracing figures: sensing secrecy -- Magnificent magnitudes, and nature's numbers -- Secrets held, secrets revealed : cryptography decrypted -- Sizing up numbers : how many? how big? how quick? -- A synergy between nature and number : a search for -- Pattern -- Exploring aesthetics: sexy rectangles -- Fiery fractals, and contortions of space -- From precise beauty to pure chaos: picturing aesthetics -- Through the lens of mathematics -- Origami for the origamically challenged: from paper folding -- To computers and fiery fractals -- A twisted turn in an amorphous universe: an exploration of -- An elasticized world -- transcending reality: the fourth -- Dimension and infinity -- The universe next door: the magic of the fourth dimension -- Moving beyond the confines of our nutshell: a journey into -- Infinity -- In search of something still larger: a journey beyond -- Infinity.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Mathematics
Form subdivision Humor.
9 (RLIN) 89437
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Personal name Starbird, Michael P.
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  Library of Congress Classification Copy Type:01 - Books     American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection 2010-08-06 91.69   QA 99 .B87 2005 675868 2023-12-01 91.69 2015-07-25 Books
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