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Hour Two: Mathematics

Mathematics...it's more than just bean counting. It's recognizing the patterns and symmetries in the world around us. It's motion and music, it's art and language. In this hour, we'll look at the creative side of mathematics and the personalities that shape it.

Guests:
Keith Devlin
Author, MATHEMATICS: THE SCIENCE OF PATTERNS
Dean of Science
St. Mary's College of California
Moraga, CA

William Dunham
Author, THE MATHEMATICAL UNIVERSE
Professor of Mathematics
Muhlenberg College
Allentown, PA

Books/Articles Discussed:

"Mathematics: The Science of Patterns: The Search for Order in Life, Mind and the Universe," by Keith Devlin. W H Freeman and Co, 1997. "The Mathematical Universe," by William Dunham. John Wiley and Sons, 1997. (find more SciFri Books here)

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