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- catalog abstract "Keith Devlin reveals the astonishing range of creative and powerful ways in which scientists, artists, athletes, medical researchers, and many others are using mathematics to explore our world and to enhance our lives. On this tour you will explore deep-sea volcanoes with oceanographer Dawn Wright, go behind the scenes of blockbuster movies with special-effects designer Doug Trumbull, and probe the strange lives of viruses with microbiologist Sylvia Spengler. Listen to astronomer Robert Kirshner describe how he is charting the curve of space; discover how biologist Mike Labarbara visualizes the way a Tyrannosaurus rex carried its massive frame; and, along with brain researcher Brad Hatfield, peer into the mind of an Olympic markswoman at the moment she takes a shot. Glimpse a future of wearable computers and silicon "butlers" with computer scientist Pattie Maes, and watch a lilac come to life on screen with "computer botanist" Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz.".
- catalog contributor b10748510.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description "Chapter 1: The invisible Universe -- Chapter 2: Seeing is believing -- Chapter 3: Patterns of nature -- Chapter 4: The numbers game -- Chapter 5: The shape of the World -- Chapter 6: Chances of a lifetime -- Chapter 7: A new age -- Chapter 8: It's an M world.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 210) and index.".
- catalog description "Keith Devlin reveals the astonishing range of creative and powerful ways in which scientists, artists, athletes, medical researchers, and many others are using mathematics to explore our world and to enhance our lives. On this tour you will explore deep-sea volcanoes with oceanographer Dawn Wright, go behind the scenes of blockbuster movies with special-effects designer Doug Trumbull, and probe the strange lives of viruses with microbiologist Sylvia Spengler. Listen to astronomer Robert Kirshner describe how he is charting the curve of space; discover how biologist Mike Labarbara visualizes the way a Tyrannosaurus rex carried its massive frame; and, along with brain researcher Brad Hatfield, peer into the mind of an Olympic markswoman at the moment she takes a shot. Glimpse a future of wearable computers and silicon "butlers" with computer scientist Pattie Maes, and watch a lilac come to life on screen with "computer botanist" Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz.".
- catalog extent "ix, 214 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Life by the numbers.".
- catalog identifier "0471240443 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Life by the numbers.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Wiley,".
- catalog relation "Life by the numbers.".
- catalog subject "510 21".
- catalog subject "Life by the numbers (Television program)".
- catalog subject "Mathematics Popular works.".
- catalog subject "QA93 .D458 1998".
- catalog tableOfContents "Chapter 1: The invisible Universe -- Chapter 2: Seeing is believing -- Chapter 3: Patterns of nature -- Chapter 4: The numbers game -- Chapter 5: The shape of the World -- Chapter 6: Chances of a lifetime -- Chapter 7: A new age -- Chapter 8: It's an M world.".
- catalog title "Life by the numbers / Keith Devlin.".
- catalog type "Popular works. fast".
- catalog type "text".