Beyond Reason: Eight Great Problems That Reveal the Limits of Science

by A.K. Dewdney

Book Overview

A mind-bending excursion to the limits of science and mathematics
Are some scientific problems insoluble? In Beyond Reason, internationally acclaimed math and science author A. K. Dewdney answers this question by examining eight insurmountable mathematical and scientific roadblocks that have stumped thinkers across the centuries, from ancient mathematical conundrums such as "squaring the circle," first attempted by the Pythagoreans, to G?del's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471013986
• ISBN13: 9780471013983
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Obviously for a Specific Audience

Dewdney's book is very interesting, challenging, and is, admittedly, a tough read. You might need ready access to Google to look up some of the terms he uses. But for the most part, anyone who took high school math and physics should be able to understand it. I'd recommend it to college and graduate students, and math and physics instructors. It has its down points, but on the whole is a very intriguing look at some of the problems afflicting all our logic.