TY - BOOK AU - Ekeland,Ivar AU - Ekeland,Ivar TI - The best of all possible worlds: mathematics and destiny SN - 0226199940 AV - Q172 U1 - 509 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Chicago, London PB - University of Chicago Press KW - Science KW - Mathematics KW - Mathematical analysis KW - Logic, Symbolic and mathematical KW - Human behavior KW - Ethics KW - Aufsatzsammlung KW - gnd-content N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-198) and index; Keeping the beat -- The birth of modern science -- The least action principle -- From computations to geometry -- Poincaré and beyond -- Pandora's box -- May the best one win -- The end of nature -- The common good -- A personal conclusion N2 - Keeping the beat -- The birth of modern science -- The least action principle -- From computations to geometry -- Poincaré and beyond -- Pandora's box -- May the best one win -- The end of nature -- The common good -- A personal conclusion UR - http://www.gbv.de/dms/hebis-darmstadt/toc/181334119.pdf UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2006001984-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2006001984-d.html UR - https://zbmath.org/?q=an:1133.01002 ER -