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Are there scientific problems that cannot be solved? Mathematics is riddled with such problems, but can we pose analogous questions outside of mathematics? Does nature itself impose fundamental limits on our knowledge of the universe? Despite the work of some of the greatest minds of the twentieth c... More

"Casti Tours offers the most spectacular vistas of modern applied mathematics" A Nature Mathematical modeling is about rulesA the rules of reality. Reality Rules explores the syntax and semantics of the language in which these rules are written, the language of mathematics. Characterized by the clar... More

Mathematical modeling is about rules-- the rules of reality. Reality Rules explores the syntax and semantics of the language in which these rules are written, the language of mathematics. Characterized by the clarity and vision typical of the author' s previous books, Reality peting dialects of this... More

THE HISTORY AND THE MEANING BEHIND THE GREAT THEORIES OF 20TH-CENTURY MATHEMATICS "Further elucidates the power of mathematics to influence concepts outside the standard realm of numbers."-Science News on Five More Golden Rules In this follow-up to his critically acclaimed book, Five Golden Rules,... More

Critical Praise for Five Golden Rules "Five Golden Rules is caviar for the inquiring reader. . 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 "Casti is One of the great science writers of the 1990s. ... More

In this narrative tour de force, gifted scientist and author John L. Casti contemplates an imaginary evening of intellectual inquiry--a sort of "My Dinner with" not Andre, but five of the most brilliant thinkers of the twentieth century.Imagine, if you will, one stormy summer evening in 1949, as nov... More

Kurt Godel was an intellectual giant. His Incompleteness Theorem turned not only mathematics but also the whole world of science and philosophy on its head. Shattering hopes that logic would, in the end, allow us a complete understanding of the universe, Godel's theorem also raised many provocative ... More

In Five Golden Rules, John L. Casti serves as curator to a brilliant collection of 20th-century mathematical theories, leading us on a fascinating journey of discovery and insight. Probing the frontiers of modern mathematics, Casti examines the origins of some of the most important findings of this ... More