What Is Random?: Chance and Order in Mathematics and Life

Order is an illusion, the quantum theorists tell us; at bottom the world is ruled by quantum indeterminacy. Yet randomness is also an illusion: the appearance of randomness is only a sign of ignorance, of our inability to detect the pattern. Does randomness really exist? In this wonderfully thought-provoking little book, mathematician Ed Beltrami shows how order and randomness are really two sides of the same mysterious coin.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Copernicus Books
Published: 10/28/2012
ISBN: 9781461271567
Pages: 201
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.51d