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The best of all possible worlds : mathematics and destiny / Ivar Ekeland.

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.Description: 207 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0226199940 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780226199948
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 510 EKE 2006 22
LOC classification:
  • Q172 .E36 2006
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Contents:
Keeping the beat -- The birth of modern science -- The least action principle -- From computations to geometry -- Poincaré and beyond -- Pandora's box -- May the best one win -- The end of nature -- The common good -- A personal conclusion.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-198) and index.

Keeping the beat -- The birth of modern science -- The least action principle -- From computations to geometry -- Poincaré and beyond -- Pandora's box -- May the best one win -- The end of nature -- The common good -- A personal conclusion.

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