{"product_id":"natures-numbers-the-unreal-reality-of-mathematics-science-masters-series-1","title":"Nature's Numbers: The Unreal Reality of Mathematics (Science Masters Series)","description":"Used hardcover in Very Good condition. Mathematics is, Ian Stewart admits, totally unreal - an entirely mental construct. Furthermore, the complicated equations and lengthy proofs we usually identify as math are no more the essence of math than a musical score is a Beethoven symphony. Yet math is the best tool we have for understanding the world around us. By looking at the universe through mathematical eyes, we have discovered a great secret: nature's patterns are clues to the deep regularities that govern the way the world works.\u003cbr\u003eMathematics is to nature as Sherlock Holmes is to evidence. It can look at a single snowflake and deduce the atomic structure of ice crystals; it can start with a violin string and uncover the existence of radio waves. And mathematics still has the power to open our eyes to new and unsuspected regularities: the secret structure of a cloud or the hidden rhythms of the weather.\u003cbr\u003eNature's Numbers will equip you with a mathematician's eyes. It will take you sight-seeing in a mathematical universe. And it will change the way you view your own world.","brand":"Stewart, Ian","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":52738871656731,"sku":"mon0000796296","price":8.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/4004\/3291\/files\/15663493482353_f90c1dae-aa1b-43e9-bc60-2c17f57362cc.jpg?v=1786042585","url":"https:\/\/bookalley.com\/products\/natures-numbers-the-unreal-reality-of-mathematics-science-masters-series-1","provider":"Book Alley","version":"1.0","type":"link"}