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Sep 24, 1945 — —· 80 yrs

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Ian Stewart

Also known as: Ian Nicholas Stewart

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Ian Nicholas Stewart FRS CMath FIMA is a British mathematician and a popular-science and science-fiction writer. He is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick, England. --Wikipedia

Kent, United Kingdom
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Seen from space, it was a strange world, with the austere beauty of a page from Euclid.

— from Flatterland

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Judgement Day

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Mathematics of life

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Presents an overview of the role mathematics plays in revealing the hidden complexities of the natural world, and explains how mathematicians and biologists now work together on difficult scientific problems such as the origin of life.

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Does God play dice?

1989

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Since the dramatic discovery of the mathematical concept of chaos in 1989, the controversy of its contents has settled down. This revised edition of Does God Play Dice? takes a fresh look at its achievements and potential. With a new preface and three completely new chapters, it includes the latest practical applications of chaos theory, such as developing intelligent heart pacemakers. All this provides a fascinating new answer to Einstien's question which provided the title of this book.

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