Discrete Thoughts Author:Mark Kac, Gian-Carlo Rota, Jacob T. Schwartz This is a volume of essays and reviews that delightfuly explore mathematics in all its moods - from the light and the witty, and humorous to serious, rational, and cerebral. Topics include: logic, combinatorics, statistics, economics, artifical intellligence, computer science, and applications of mathematics broadly. You will also find history a... more »nd philosophy covered, including discussion of the work of Ulam, Kant, and Heidegger among others.« less