by John D. Barrow · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788842055471
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This book explores the presence and importance of mathematics in the world around us. Based on lectures given at the Università di Milano in December 1991, the author, John D. Barrow, examines why mathematics are so effective at describing and understanding nature. Originally published in English in 1992 under the title 'Lezioni italiane', this edition is the first in the 'Economica Laterza' collection.
John David Barrow was an English cosmologist, theoretical physicist, and mathematician. He served as Gresham Professor of Geometry at Gresham College from 2008 to 2011. Barrow was also a writer of popular science and an amateur playwright.
