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"""Casti is one of the great science writers."" -San Francisco Examiner ""Casti's gift is to be able to let the nonmathematical reader share in his understanding of the beauty of a good theory."" -Christian Science Monitor Following up the acclaimed Five Golden Rules, another quintet of gleaming math discoveries With Five More Golden Rules, readers are treated to another fascinating set of theoretical gems from acclaimed popular science author John Casti. Injecting all-new ingredients into his trademark recipe of real-world examples, historical anecdotes, and straightforward explanations, Casti once again brings math to thrilling life. All who enjoyed the unique pleasures of the original will love this follow-up survey highlighting the creme de la creme of math in the last century. Explores how knot theory informs the classic tale of Alexander the Great and the Gordian Knot Considers how the Shannon Coding Theory applies to decoding the human genome John L. Casti, PhD (Santa Fe, NM), a resident member of the Santa Fe Institute, is a professor at the Technical University of Vienna and the author of Would-Be Worlds (Wiley) and Cambridge Quintet."

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...is full of enjoyable insights and some impressive eccentricities... (The Times Higher, September 2000)

The success of Casti's Five Golden Rules was principally due to the highly entertaining fashion with which the author communicated his fascinating mathematics discoveries to the reader. With Five More Golden Rules, we are presented with an equally beguiling set of theoretical gems, treated with the same mix of real world examples, accessible explanations and colourful anecdotes. It is to Casti's credit that he is able once more to make such subjects as Shannon Coding theory pellucid and fascinating. Casti demonstrates how the Shannon theory may be applied to decoding the human genome, and we are shown how knot theory informs the classic tale of Alexander the Great and the Gordian Knot. Inquiring minds everythere will find much stimulation here. (Kirkus UK)

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