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THE MOBIUS STRIP
DR. AUGUST MOBIUS'S MARVELOUS BAND IN MATHEMATICS, GAMES, LITERATURE, ART, TECHNOLOGY, AND COSMOLOGY |
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Clifford A. Pickover |
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Paperback |
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£17.99 |
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£16.19 |
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£1.80 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1560259523 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781560259527 |
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| Publisher: |
THUNDER'S MOUTH PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
19 December, 2006 |
| Pages: |
268 |
| Synopsis: |
The road that leads from the Mobius strip -- a common-sense-defying continuous loop with only one side and one edge, made famous by the illustrations of M.C. Escher -- goes to some of the strangest spots imaginable. It takes us to where the purely intellectual enters our world: where our senses, overloaded with grocery bills, the price of gas, and what to eat for lunch, are expected to absorb really bizarre ideas. And no better guide to this weird universe exists than the brilliant thinker Clifford A. Pickover, the 21st century's answer to Buckminster Fuller. From molecules and metal sculptures to postage stamps, architectural structures, and models of the universe, The Mobius Strip gives readers a glimpse of new ways of thinking and other worlds as Pickover reaches across cultures and peers beyond our ordinary reality.Lavishly illustrated, this is an infinite fountain of wondrous forms that can be used to help explain how mathematics has permeated every field of scientific endeavor, such as the colors of a sunset or the architecture of our brains; how it helps us build supersonic aircraft and roller coasters, simulate the flow of Earth's natural resources, explore subatomic quantum realities, and depict faraway galaxies. |
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US |
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Thunder's Mouth Press |
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Non-returnable |
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