TY - BOOK AU - Ekeland,I. TI - The best of all possible worlds: mathematics and destiny SN - 0226199940 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - Q172 .E36 2006 U1 - 510 EKE 2006 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Chicago PB - University of Chicago Press KW - Science KW - Mathematics KW - Mathematical analysis KW - Logic, Symbolic and mathematical KW - Human behavior KW - Ethics N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip067/2006001984.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2006001984-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2006001984-d.html ER -