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Author:

Ekeland, I. (Ivar), 1944-

Title:

The best of all possible worlds : mathematics and destiny / Ivar Ekeland.

Publisher:

University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

207 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Science--Mathematics.
Mathematical analysis.
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.
Human behavior.
Ethics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-198) and index.

Contents:

Index. 10. A Keeping the beat -- 2. The birth of modern science -- 3. The least action principle -- 4. From computations to geometry -- 5. Poincaré and beyond -- 6. Pandora's box -- 7. May the best one win -- 8. The end of nature -- 9. The common good -- 10. A personal conclusion -- Appendix 1 : Finding the small diameter of a convex table -- Appendix 2 : The stationary action principle for general systems -- Bibliographical notes -- Index.

ISBN:

9780226199948 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226199940 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006001984

Locations:

O4AX446 -- Chadwick Library

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

UVAX975 -- Western Iowa Tech Library (Sioux City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)