The Pythagorean World: Why Mathematics Is Unreasonably Effective In Physics

McDonnell, Jane

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.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2016-11-24

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783319409757

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

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 394