Euclid in the Rainforest: Discovering Universal Truth in Logic and Math (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780452287839)

Like Douglas Hofstadter's G del, Escher, Bach, and David Berlinski's A Tour of the Calculus, Euclid in the Rainforest combines the literary with the mathematical to explore
logic--the one indispensable tool in man's quest to understand the world. Underpinning both math and science, it is the foundation of every major advancement in knowledge since the time of the ancient Greeks. Through adventure stories and historical narratives populated with a rich and quirky cast of characters, Mazur artfully reveals the less-than-airtight nature of logic and the muddled relationship between math and the real world. Ultimately, Mazur argues, logical reasoning is not purely robotic. At its most basic level, it is a creative process guided by our intuitions and beliefs about the world.

Author: Joseph Mazur
ISBN-10: 0452287839
ISBN-13: 9780452287839
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 08/01/2006
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.50w x 1.00d