Why beauty is truth : a history of symmetry / Ian Stewart.
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TextDescription: xiii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN: - 9780465082360
- 046508236X
- 539.7/25 22
- Q172.5.S95 S744 2007
Contents:
The scribes of Babylon -- The household name -- The Arabian poet -- The gambling scholar -- The cunning fox -- The frustrated doctor and the sickly genius --The luckless revolutionary -- The mediocre engineer and the transcendent professor -- The drunken vandal -- The would-be soldier and the weakly bookworm -- The clerk from the patent office -- A quantum quintet -- The five-dimensional man -- The political journalist -- A muddle of mathematicians -- Seekers after truth and beauty.
| Current library | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martha's Vineyard High School Library | 510.9/STE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844400063562 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-282) and index.
The scribes of Babylon -- The household name -- The Arabian poet -- The gambling scholar -- The cunning fox -- The frustrated doctor and the sickly genius --The luckless revolutionary -- The mediocre engineer and the transcendent professor -- The drunken vandal -- The would-be soldier and the weakly bookworm -- The clerk from the patent office -- A quantum quintet -- The five-dimensional man -- The political journalist -- A muddle of mathematicians -- Seekers after truth and beauty.
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