Meta Math!

Meta Math!
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Publisher : Vintage
Total Pages : 242
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ISBN-10 : 9781400077977
ISBN-13 : 1400077974
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Book Synopsis Meta Math! by : Gregory Chaitin

Download or read book Meta Math! written by Gregory Chaitin and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2006-11-14 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gregory Chaitin, one of the world’s foremost mathematicians, leads us on a spellbinding journey, illuminating the process by which he arrived at his groundbreaking theory. Chaitin’s revolutionary discovery, the Omega number, is an exquisitely complex representation of unknowability in mathematics. His investigations shed light on what we can ultimately know about the universe and the very nature of life. In an infectious and enthusiastic narrative, Chaitin delineates the specific intellectual and intuitive steps he took toward the discovery. He takes us to the very frontiers of scientific thinking, and helps us to appreciate the art—and the sheer beauty—in the science of math.


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