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The Universe and the Teacup
K. C. Cole
The Mathematics of Truth and Beauty
Harvest Books
April 1999
On Sale: April 15, 1999
224 pages ISBN: 0156006561 EAN: 9780156006569 Paperback
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Non-Fiction
K. C. Cole's bestseller "provides fresh insights into the
crucial role that mathematics plays" in our lives (San
Francisco Chronicle). Mathematics, that breathtaking
invention of ours that reveals the tiniest particles of
matter and takes us to the outermost reaches of the cosmos,
is found by many people to be intimidating. In The Universe
and the Teacup, K. C. Cole demystifies mathematics and
shows us-with humor and wonderfully accessible stories-why
math need not be frightening. Using the O. J. Simpson
trial, the bell curve, and Emmy Noether, the nineteenth-
century woman scientist whose work was essential for
Einstein's theory of relativity, Cole helps us see that
more than just being a tool, math is a key to understanding
the beauty of everything from rainbows to relativity.
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