The Best of All Possible Worlds : Mathematics and Destiny Hardcover - 2006 - 1st Edition
by Ivar Ekeland
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- Hardcover
Optimists believe this is the best of all possible worlds, and pessimists fear that might really be the case. There was a time, during the 17th and 18th centuries, when scientists and mathematicians felt they could provide the answer. This book is their story.
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- Title The Best of All Possible Worlds : Mathematics and Destiny
- Author Ivar Ekeland
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 208
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago
- Date 2006
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0226199940I3N00
- ISBN 9780226199948 / 0226199940
- Weight 1.11 lbs (0.50 kg)
- Dimensions 9.26 x 6.32 x 0.86 in (23.52 x 16.05 x 2.18 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 17th Century
- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Library of Congress subjects Ethics, Science - Mathematics
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006001984
- Dewey Decimal Code 509
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- New York Review of Books, 10/19/2006, Page 53