The pythagorean world: Why mathematics is unreasonably effective in physics

Jane McDonnell

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-40976-4

The pythagorean world: Why mathematics is unreasonably effective in physics

Jane McDonnell

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This book explores precisely how mathematics allows us to model and predict the behaviour of physical systems, to an amazing degree of accuracy. One of the oldest explanations for this is that, in some profound way, the structure of the world is mathematical. The ancient Pythagoreans stated that “everything is number”. However, while exploring the Pythagorean method, this book chooses to add a second principle of the universe: the mind. This work defends the proposition that mind and mathematical structure are the grounds of reality.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Cham Switzerland
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages	394
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319409764
ISBN (Print)	9783319409757
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40976-4
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2016

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