For most people, mathematics is an abstraction with little connection to the "real" universe. But profiled here are mathematicians who have discovered relatively simple yet exceedingly powerful patterns that yield insight into aspects of natural and human behavior.

Many of the great minds of the past used mathematics to explore and then define the principal laws of nature. In this way

Many of the great minds of the past used mathematics to explore and then define the principal laws of nature. In this way

The sociology of science is dominated by relativists who argue that the content of science is not influenced by evidence from the empirical world but is instead socially constructed in the laboratory. "Making Science" is a critique by a sociologist of the social constructivist position. Stephen Cole begins by making a distinction between two kinds of knowledge: the core, which ...(展开全部)

The sociology of science is dominated by relativists who argue that the content of science is not influenced by evidence from the empirical world but is instead socially constructed in the laboratory. "Making Science" is a critique by a sociologist of the social constructivist position. Stephen Cole begins by making a distinction between two kinds of knowledge: the core, which ...(展开全部)

In this spirited and irreverent critique of Darwin’s long hold over our imagination, a distinguished philosopher of science makes the case that, in culture as well as nature, not only the fittest survive: the world is full of the “good enough” that persist too. Why is the genome of a salamander forty times larger than that of a human? Why does the avocado tree produce a million...(展开全部)

Here the author of "How to Solve It" explains how to become a "good guesser." Marked by G. Polya's simple, energetic prose and use of clever examples from a wide range of human activities, this two-volume work explores techniques of guessing, inductive reasoning, and reasoning by analogy, and the role they play in the most rigorous of deductive disciplines.

Here the author of "How to Solve It" explains how to become a "good guesser." Marked by G. Polya's simple, energetic prose and use of clever examples from a wide range of human activities, this two-volume work explores techniques of guessing, inductive reasoning, and reasoning by analogy, and the role they play in the most rigorous of deductive disciplines.

伊恩•斯图尔特，英国皇家学会院士，毕业于剑桥大学（硕士）和华威大学（博士），拥有5个荣誉学位，。他先后出版了100多部著作，包括与特里•普拉切特（Terry Pratchett）、杰克•科恩（Jack Cohen）合著的《蝶形世界的科学》系列畅销书。他获得过英国皇家学会法拉第奖章、英国数学及应用研究所金奖、塞曼奖、路易斯•托马斯奖等，曾多次出现在电台和电视节目中，研究领域主要包括图形的形成、混沌、网络动态、生物数学等。