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Following up the acclaimed 5 Golden principles, one other quintet of glowing math discoveries
With 5 extra Golden principles, readers are handled to a different attention-grabbing set of theoretical gem stones from acclaimed renowned technology writer John Casti. Injecting all-new materials into his trademark recipe of real-world examples, old anecdotes, and simple motives, Casti once more brings math to exciting existence. All who loved the original pleasures of the unique will love this follow-up survey highlighting the creme de los angeles creme of math within the final century.
Explores how knot conception informs the vintage story of Alexander the good and the Gordian Knot
* Considers how the Shannon Coding thought applies to interpreting the human genome
John L. Casti, PhD (Santa Fe, NM), a resident member of the Santa Fe Institute, is a professor on the Technical college of Vienna and the writer of Would-Be Worlds (Wiley) and Cambridge Quintet.

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