Mathematics Of Life: Unlocking the Secrets of Existence

ISBN-13: 9781846682056 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 288 str.

Professor Ian Stewart

Opis

Mathematics offers new and sometimes startling perspectives on evolution and how patterns of inheritance and population work out over time-scales ranging from millions to hundreds of years. Stewart explores these and a whole range of pertinent issues.

Recenzje

Stewart is Britain's most brilliant and prolific populariser of mathematics ... the book is a testament to the versatility of maths and how it is shaping our understanding of the world. Alex Bellos Guardian

O autorze

Stewart, Ian Ian Stewart is Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at
the University of Warwick and the author of the bestseller Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities.
His recent books include Do Dice Play God?, Significant Figures, Professor Stewart's Incredible Numbers, Seventeen Equations that Changed the World, Professor Stewart's Casebook of Mathematical Mysteries and Calculating the Cosmos.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Society.