Not the least unexpected thing about Mathematics and the Unexpected is that a real mathematician should write not just a literate work, but a literary one.--Ian Stewart, New ScientistIn this brief, elegant treatise, assessable to anyone who likes to think, Ivar Ekelund explains some philosophical implications of recent mathematics. He examines randomness, the geometry involved in making predictions, and why general trends are easy to project (it will snow in January) but particulars are practically impossible (it will snow from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on the 21st).--Village Voice
- ISBN10 0226199894
- ISBN13 9780226199894
- Publish Date 1 June 1988
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 September 2005
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Chicago Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 176
- Language English