{"product_id":"meta-math-gregory-chaitin-9781400077977","title":"Meta Math!: The Quest for Omega","description":"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChaitin'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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gregory Chaitin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1400077974\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400077977\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/14\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.94h x 5.28w x 0.63d","brand":"Gregory Chaitin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925405794559,"sku":"9781400077977","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_1359d36e-8a58-47cb-84d5-0a3c8795abc8.jpg?v=1681077097","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/meta-math-gregory-chaitin-9781400077977","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}