Nature's Numbers: The Unreal Reality of Mathematics by Stewart, Ian - 1995

New York: Basic Books ( HarperCollins), 1995. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Fine, gift-quality first edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Very clean beige-gray boards with unfaded black cloth spine, white and metallic lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, all pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or marks. 164 pages with index. Clean bright jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. By looking at the universe through mathematical eyes, we discover a great secret: nature's patterns are clues to the deep regularities that govern the way the world works. Mathematics is to nature as Sherlock Holmes is to evidence. It can look at a single snowflake and deduce the atomic structure of ice crystals; it can start with a violin string and uncover the existence of radio waves. This book will take you sight-seeing in a mathematical universe. And it will change the way you view your own world..