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What Is Random?: Chance and Order in Mathematics and Life
Edward Beltrami
In this fascinating book, mathematician Ed Beltrami takes a close enough look at randomness to make it mysteriously disappear. Those familiar with quantum indeterminacy assert that order is an illusion, and that the world is fundamentally random.
201 pages, biography
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 13, 1999 |
| ISBN13 | 9780387987378 |
| Publishers | Springer-Verlag New York Inc. |
| Pages | 201 |
| Dimensions | 210 × 137 × 16 mm · 358 g |
| Language | English French |
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