| Description |
ix, 214 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: The Invisible Universe. -- Seeing is Believing. -- Patterns of Nature. -- The Numbers Game. -- The Shape of the World. -- Chances of a Lifetime. -- A New Age. -- It's an M World. -- Further Reading. -- Credits. -- Index |
| Summary |
Keith Devlin reveals the astonishing range of creative and powerful ways in which scientists, artists, athletes, medical researchers, and many others are using mathematics to explore our world and to enhance our lives. On this tour you will explore deep-sea volcanoes with oceanographer Dawn Wright, go behind the scenes of blockbuster movies with special-effects designer Doug Trumbull, and probe the strange lives of viruses with microbiologist Sylvia Spengler. Listen to astronomer Robert Kirshner describe how he is charting the curve of space; discover how biologist Mike Labarbara visualizes the way a Tyrannosaurus rex carried its massive frame; and, along with brain researcher Brad Hatfield, peer into the mind of an Olympic markswoman at the moment she takes a shot. Glimpse a future of wearable computers and silicon "butlers" with computer scientist Pattie Maes, and watch a lilac come to life on screen with "computer botanist" Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz |
| Notes |
The companion to the PBS series |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 210) and index |
| Notes |
Accelerated Reader AR UG 9.7 10 149587 |
| SUBJECT |
Life by the numbers (Television program) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97101388
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| Subject |
Mathematics -- Popular works.
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| LC no. |
97041059 |
| ISBN |
0471240443 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0471328227 (paperback) |
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