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The Best of All Possible Worlds: Mathematics and Destiny
The Best of All Possible Worlds Mathematics and Destiny
Author: Ivar Ekeland
Optimists believe this is the best of all possible worlds. And pessimists fear that might really be the case. But what is the best of all possible worlds? How do we define it? This question has preoccupied philosophers and theologians for ages, but there was a time, during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, when scientists and math...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226199955
ISBN-10: 0226199959
Publication Date: 10/31/2007
Pages: 214
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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