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To most outsiders, modern mathematics is unknown territory. Its borders are protected by dense thickets of technical terms; its landscapes are a mass of indecipherable equations and incomprehensible concepts. Few realize that the world of modern mathematics is rich with vivid images and provocative ideas.

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We have found chaos, but what it means and what its relevance is to our place in the universe remains shrouded in a seemingly impenetrable cloak of mathematical uncertainty.

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In their search for patterns and logical connections, mathematicians face a vast, mysterious ocean of possibilities. Over the centuries, they have discovered an extensive archipelago of truth and beauty. Much of that accumulated knowledge is passed on to succeeding generations. Even more wonders await future explorers of deep, mathematical waters.

Ivars Peterson

Ivars Peterson

Ivars Peterson

Born: December 4, 1948 (age 76)

Bio: Ivars Peterson is an award-winning mathematics writer. He is Director of Publications for Journals and Communications at the Mathematical Association of America.

Known for:

The mathematical tourist (1988)
Math Trek: Adventures in the Math Zone (1999)
Newton's clock (1993)
Fragments of Infinity (2001)

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