Numbers and the world essays on math and beyond / David Mumford.
| Author/creator | Mumford, David, 1937- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Providence, Rhode Island : American Mathematical Society, [2023] |
| Description | pages cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The math behind the cover -- Preface : confessions of a polymath -- How to get middle school students to love formulas & triangles -- Explaining Grothendieck to non-mathematicians -- Are mathematical formulas beautiful? -- Pythagoras's rule -- The checkered history of algebra -- Multi-cultural math history in 5 slides -- "Modern" art/"modern" math and the Zeitgeist -- Interlude : intelligent design in Orion? -- AI, neuroscience and consciousness -- Parse trees are ubiquitous in thinking -- Linking deep learning and cortical functions -- Does/can human consciousness exist in animals and robots? -- Finding the rhythms of the primes -- Spaces of shapes and rogue waves -- An applied mathematician's foundations of math -- Quantum theory and the mysterious collapse -- Path integrals and quantum computing -- Wake up! -- One world or many? -- Spinoza : Euclid, ethics, time -- Thoughts on the future. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023014079 |
| ISBN | 9781470470517 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |