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In this brief treatise, 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, but particulars are practically impossible.

Mathematics and the Unexpected

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      Publisher The University of Chicago Press
      Published 15 January 1990
      ISBN-13 9780226199900
      978-0226199900
      ISBN-10 0226199908
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      Mathematics Analytic topology

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      Book Synopsis
      In this brief treatise, 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, but particulars are practically impossible.

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