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The Broken Dice, and Other Mathematical Tales of Chance Paperback - 1996
by Ivar Ekeland; Carol Volk (Translator)
Contemplating the randomness of nature, Ekeland extends his consideration of the catastrophe theory of the universe begun in Mathematics and the Unexpected, drawing upon rich literary sources and current topics in math and physics such as chaos theory, information theory, and particle physics. Line drawings.
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Thorstein the Learned says that there was a settlement on the Island of Hising which had alternately belonged to Norway and to Gautland.
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- Title The Broken Dice, and Other Mathematical Tales of Chance
- Author Ivar Ekeland; Carol Volk (Translator)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition, F
- Pages 190
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago
- Date June 15, 1996
- ISBN 9780226199924 / 0226199924
- Weight 0.49 lbs (0.22 kg)
- Dimensions 7.99 x 5.22 x 0.57 in (20.29 x 13.26 x 1.45 cm)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 93019341
- Dewey Decimal Code 519.2
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