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PRAXIS BOOKS THE MATHEMATICAL UNIVERSE - JOEL...

I first had a quick look  then I started reading it. I couldn't stop. -Gerard 't Hooft (Nobel
Prize  in Physics 1999) This is a book about the mathematical nature of our Universe. Armed
with no more than basic high school mathematics  Dr. Joel L. Schiff takes you on a foray
through some of the most intriguing aspects of the world around us. Along the way  you will
visit the bizarre world of subatomic particles  honey bees and ants  galaxies  black holes 
infinity  and more. Included are such goodies as measuring the speed of light with your
microwave oven  determining the size of the Earth with a stick in the ground and the age of the
Solar System from meteorites  understanding how the Theory of Relativity makes your everyday
GPS system possible  and so much more. These topics are easily accessible to anyone who has
ever brushed up against the Pythagorean Theorem and the symbol pi  with the lightest dusting of
algebra. Through this book  science-curious readers will come to appreciate the patterns 
seeming contradictions  and extraordinary mathematical beauty of our Universe.

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