Calculating the cosmos : how mathematics unveils the universe / / Ian Stewart |
Autore | Stewart Ian <1945-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Basic Books, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (346 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 523.10151 |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomy - Mathematics
Cosmology - Mathematics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-5416-9770-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Prologue -- Attraction at a distance -- Collapse of the solar nebula -- Inconstant Moon -- The clockwork cosmos -- Celestial police -- The planet that swallowed its children -- Cosimo's stars -- Off on a comet -- Chaos in the cosmos -- The interplanetary superhighway -- Great balls of fire -- Great sky river -- Alien worlds -- Dark stars -- Skeins and voids -- The cosmic egg -- The big blow-up -- The dark side -- Outside the universe -- Epilogue. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910163944303321 |
Stewart Ian <1945-> | ||
New York : , : Basic Books, , [2016] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Figments of reality : the evolution of the curious mind / / Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Stewart Ian <1945-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1997 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 325 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 153.4/2 |
Soggetto topico |
Cognition and culture
Consciousness Intellect Genetic psychology Cultural pluralism |
ISBN |
1-107-11102-1
0-511-00336-6 1-280-42918-6 0-511-17217-6 0-511-14898-4 0-511-30942-2 0-511-54138-4 0-511-05366-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The origins of life -- The reductionist nightmare -- Ant country -- Winning ways -- Universals and parochials -- Neural nests -- Features great and small -- What is it like to be a human? -- We wanted to have a chapter on free will, but we decided not to, so here it is -- Extelligence -- Simplex, complex, multiplex. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455094103321 |
Stewart Ian <1945-> | ||
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1997 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Figments of reality : the evolution of the curious mind / / Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Stewart Ian <1945-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1997 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 325 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 153.4/2 |
Soggetto topico |
Cognition and culture
Consciousness Intellect Genetic psychology Cultural pluralism |
ISBN |
1-107-11102-1
0-511-00336-6 1-280-42918-6 0-511-17217-6 0-511-14898-4 0-511-30942-2 0-511-54138-4 0-511-05366-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The origins of life -- The reductionist nightmare -- Ant country -- Winning ways -- Universals and parochials -- Neural nests -- Features great and small -- What is it like to be a human? -- We wanted to have a chapter on free will, but we decided not to, so here it is -- Extelligence -- Simplex, complex, multiplex. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778870803321 |
Stewart Ian <1945-> | ||
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1997 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Figments of reality : the evolution of the curious mind / / Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen |
Autore | Stewart Ian <1945-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 1997 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 325 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 153.4/2 |
Altri autori (Persone) | CohenJack |
Soggetto topico |
Cognition and culture
Consciousness Intellect Genetic psychology Cultural pluralism |
ISBN |
1-107-11102-1
0-511-00336-6 1-280-42918-6 0-511-17217-6 0-511-14898-4 0-511-30942-2 0-511-54138-4 0-511-05366-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The origins of life -- The reductionist nightmare -- Ant country -- Winning ways -- Universals and parochials -- Neural nests -- Features great and small -- What is it like to be a human? -- We wanted to have a chapter on free will, but we decided not to, so here it is -- Extelligence -- Simplex, complex, multiplex. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819500103321 |
Stewart Ian <1945-> | ||
Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 1997 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The foundations of mathematics / / Ian Stewart and David Tall |
Autore | Stewart Ian <1945-> |
Edizione | [Second edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 p.) |
Disciplina | 510 |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-19-870644-8
0-19-101647-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Cover ""; ""Preface to the Second Edition""; ""Preface to the First Edition""; ""Contents""; ""Part I The Intuitive Background""; ""1 Mathematical Thinking""; ""2 Number Systems""; ""Part II The Beginnings of Formalisation""; ""3 Sets""; ""4 Relations""; ""5 Functions""; ""6 Mathematical Logic""; ""7 Mathematical Proof""; ""Part III The Development of Axiomatic Systems""; ""8 Natural Numbers and Proof by Induction""; ""9 Real Numbers""; ""10 Real Numbers as a Complete Ordered Field""; ""11 Complex Numbers and Beyond""; ""Part IV Using Axiomatic Systems""
""12 Axiomatic Systems, Structure Theorems, and Flexible Thinking""""13 Permutations and Groups""; ""14 Cardinal Numbers""; ""15 Infinitesimals""; ""Part V Strengthening the Foundations""; ""16 Axioms for Set Theory""; "" Appendix�How to Read Proofs: The 'Self-Explanation' Strategy""; "" References and Further Reading""; "" Index"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460462103321 |
Stewart Ian <1945-> | ||
New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The foundations of mathematics / / Ian Stewart and David Tall |
Autore | Stewart Ian <1945-> |
Edizione | [Second edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 p.) |
Disciplina | 510 |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical |
ISBN |
0-19-870644-8
0-19-101647-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Contents -- Part I The Intuitive Background -- 1 Mathematical Thinking -- 2 Number Systems -- Part II The Beginnings of Formalisation -- 3 Sets -- 4 Relations -- 5 Functions -- 6 Mathematical Logic -- 7 Mathematical Proof -- Part III The Development of Axiomatic Systems -- 8 Natural Numbers and Proof by Induction -- 9 Real Numbers -- 10 Real Numbers as a Complete Ordered Field -- 11 Complex Numbers and Beyond -- Part IV Using Axiomatic Systems -- 12 Axiomatic Systems, Structure Theorems, and Flexible Thinking -- 13 Permutations and Groups -- 14 Cardinal Numbers -- 15 Infinitesimals -- Part V Strengthening the Foundations -- 16 Axioms for Set Theory -- Appendix: How to Read Proofs: The 'Self-Explanation' Strategy -- References and Further Reading -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787437903321 |
Stewart Ian <1945-> | ||
New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The foundations of mathematics / / Ian Stewart and David Tall |
Autore | Stewart Ian <1945-> |
Edizione | [Second edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 p.) |
Disciplina | 510 |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical |
ISBN |
0-19-870644-8
0-19-101647-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Contents -- Part I The Intuitive Background -- 1 Mathematical Thinking -- 2 Number Systems -- Part II The Beginnings of Formalisation -- 3 Sets -- 4 Relations -- 5 Functions -- 6 Mathematical Logic -- 7 Mathematical Proof -- Part III The Development of Axiomatic Systems -- 8 Natural Numbers and Proof by Induction -- 9 Real Numbers -- 10 Real Numbers as a Complete Ordered Field -- 11 Complex Numbers and Beyond -- Part IV Using Axiomatic Systems -- 12 Axiomatic Systems, Structure Theorems, and Flexible Thinking -- 13 Permutations and Groups -- 14 Cardinal Numbers -- 15 Infinitesimals -- Part V Strengthening the Foundations -- 16 Axioms for Set Theory -- Appendix: How to Read Proofs: The 'Self-Explanation' Strategy -- References and Further Reading -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819903003321 |
Stewart Ian <1945-> | ||
New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Lie algebras / / I. Stewart |
Autore | Stewart Ian <1945-> |
Edizione | [1st ed. 1970.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin : , : Springer, , [1970] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (IV, 97 p.) |
Disciplina | 512.55 |
Collana | Lecture Notes in Mathematics |
Soggetto topico |
Lie algebras
Mathematics - Study and teaching |
ISBN | 3-540-36264-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Basic definitions -- Representations of nilpotent algebras -- Cartan subalgebras -- The killing form -- The cartan decomposition -- Systems of fundamental roots -- Dynkin diagrams -- Some astronomical observations -- Algebras with a given star -- Subideals, derivations, automorphisms -- The bear radical -- Other radicals -- Baer ? fitting -- Lie algebras in which every subalgebra is a subideal -- The minimal condition for subideals. |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996466666403316 |
Stewart Ian <1945-> | ||
Berlin : , : Springer, , [1970] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Math hysteria [[electronic resource] ] : fun and games with mathematics / / Ian Stewart |
Autore | Stewart Ian <1945-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
Disciplina | 793.74 |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematical recreations
Mathematics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-59394-6
9786613623775 0-19-154739-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Preface; Figure Acknowledgements; 1 I Know That You Know That; 2 Domino Theories; 3 Turning the Tables; 4 The Anthropomurphic Principle; 5 Counting the Cattle of the Sun; 6 The Great Drain Robbery; 7 Two-Way Jigsaw Puzzles; 8 Tales of the Neglected Number; 9 Is Monopoly Fair?; 10 Monopoly Revisited; 11 A Guide to Computer Dating; 12 Dividing the Spoils; 13 Squaring the Square; 14 The Bellows Conjecture; 15 Purposefully Piling Pyramids; 16 Be a Dots-and-Boxes Grandmaster; 17 Choosily Chomping Chocolate; 18 Shedding a Little Darkness; 19 Preposterous Piratical Predicaments
20 Million-Dollar MinesweeperFurther Reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461235103321 |
Stewart Ian <1945-> | ||
Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Math hysteria [[electronic resource] ] : fun and games with mathematics / / Ian Stewart |
Autore | Stewart Ian <1945-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
Disciplina | 793.74 |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematical recreations
Mathematics |
ISBN |
0-19-164745-4
1-280-59394-6 9786613623775 0-19-154739-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Preface; Figure Acknowledgements; 1 I Know That You Know That; 2 Domino Theories; 3 Turning the Tables; 4 The Anthropomurphic Principle; 5 Counting the Cattle of the Sun; 6 The Great Drain Robbery; 7 Two-Way Jigsaw Puzzles; 8 Tales of the Neglected Number; 9 Is Monopoly Fair?; 10 Monopoly Revisited; 11 A Guide to Computer Dating; 12 Dividing the Spoils; 13 Squaring the Square; 14 The Bellows Conjecture; 15 Purposefully Piling Pyramids; 16 Be a Dots-and-Boxes Grandmaster; 17 Choosily Chomping Chocolate; 18 Shedding a Little Darkness; 19 Preposterous Piratical Predicaments
20 Million-Dollar MinesweeperFurther Reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789968903321 |
Stewart Ian <1945-> | ||
Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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