Calculating the Cosmos: How Mathematics Unveils the Universe - Tapa blanda

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A fascinating tour, seamlessly spliced and historically contexualised (Nature)

Ian Stewart elegantly reviews the uncanny effectiveness of mathematics in explaining the universe... Mr. Stewart beautifully describes how Newton's laws can still produce surprising results. (Wall Street Journal)

The book does an excellent job of both explaining and entertaining. The author makes you think about familiar subjects in a new way and is very good at filling in any gaps in your knowledge, while also pointing out those areas that need further research (Sky at Night Magazine)

With captivating stories and his signature clarity, Ian Stewart shows us how math makes the world - and the rest of the universe - go round (Steven Strogatz, Professor of Mathematics, Cornell University, and author of The Joy of X)

Stewart is Britain's most brilliant and prolific populariser of maths. (Alex Bellos)

Stewart is sure to please math lovers, history buffs, and science enthusiasts alike by covering an array of eras, innovators, and disciplines. (Publishers Weekly)

Praise for previous books:
'This is not pure maths. It is maths contaminated with wit, wisdom, and wonder. Ian really is unsurpassed as raconteur of the world of numbers. He guides us on a mind-boggling journey from the ultra trivial to the profound. Thoroughly entertaining

Biografía del autor

Ian Stewart is Mathematics Professor Emeritus at the University of Warwick. His books include Incredible Numbers, Seventeen Equations that Changed the World, The Great Mathematical Problems and Professor Stewart's Casebook of Mathematical Mysteries. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society; his awards include the IMA Gold Medal (2000), the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Public Understanding of Science and Technology Award (2001), the Zeeman Medal (2008), and the Lewis Thomas Prize (2015, joint with Steven Strogatz).