Ekeland, I.  1944- <br/><br/>
The best of all possible worlds:  mathematics and destiny/ 
Ivar Ekeland. 
 - Chicago:  University of Chicago Press,  2006. 
 - 207 p.:  ill.;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-198) and index. 
<br/><br/>Keeping the beat -- The birth of modern science -- The least action principle -- From computations to geometry -- Poincarâe and beyond -- Pandora's box -- May the best one win -- The end of nature -- The common good -- A personal conclusion. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0226199940 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226199948 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006001984 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA671719  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Science--Mathematics.<br/>Mathematical analysis.<br/>Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.<br/>Human behavior.<br/>Ethics.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>509  / E36b