STEM

Zinātne, tehnoloģija, inženierija un matemātika atdzīvojas caur stāstiem par izciliem prātiem, revolucionāriem atklājumiem un slēptajiem modeļiem, kas veido mūsu pasauli. Šīs grāmatas pārvērš sarežģītas koncepcijas aizraujošos stāstījumos, neatkarīgi no tā, vai tās pēta pirmskaitļu eleganci, ikdienas materiālu fiziku vai mūsu digitālā laikmeta ētiskos izaicinājumus.

STEM Grāmatu kopsavilkumi

Infinite Powers

autors: Steven H. Strogatz • 2019

GPS, planets, CT scans: one trick solves them all. Break the impossible into infinite tiny parts.

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🔢 History Of Calculus 📐 Popular Mathematics 🧠 Mathematical Thinking

Infinite Powers

GPS, planets, CT scans: one trick solves them all. Break the impossible into infinite tiny parts.

autors: Steven H. Strogatz 2019 389 lappuses

4.29

7000+ vērtējumi

🔢 History Of Calculus 📐 Popular Mathematics 🧠 Mathematical Thinking

The Joy of X

autors: Steven H. Strogatz • 2012

Numbers, shapes, and change: the tour of math that makes the universe legible.

4.05

8000+

The Joy of X

Numbers, shapes, and change: the tour of math that makes the universe legible.

autors: Steven H. Strogatz 2012 316 lappuses

4.05

8000+ vērtējumi

Six Easy Pieces

autors: Richard P. Feynman • 1994

Six core physics lessons on atoms, energy, gravity, and the quantum world's strangest behavior.

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🧱 Foundational Physics ⚛️ Atomic Theory 🍎 Classical Physics

Six Easy Pieces

Six core physics lessons on atoms, energy, gravity, and the quantum world's strangest behavior.

autors: Richard P. Feynman 1994 138 lappuses

4.21

31 000+ vērtējumi

🧱 Foundational Physics ⚛️ Atomic Theory 🍎 Classical Physics

The Feynman Lectures on Physics

autors: Richard P. Feynman • 1964

A comb's spark to a star's light: the one logic Feynman used to rebuild physics.

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🧲 Electromagnetism ⚛️ Modern Physics 🏛️ Classical Physics

The Feynman Lectures on Physics

A comb's spark to a star's light: the one logic Feynman used to rebuild physics.

autors: Richard P. Feynman 1964 1552 lappuses

4.61

8000+ vērtējumi

🧲 Electromagnetism ⚛️ Modern Physics 🏛️ Classical Physics

How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog

autors: Chad Orzel • 2009

Quantum physics is baffling. The best way to understand it: talk it over with a dog.

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⚛️ Quantum Mechanics 📚 Popular Physics 🧠 Copenhagen Interpretation

How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog

Quantum physics is baffling. The best way to understand it: talk it over with a dog.

autors: Chad Orzel 2009 296 lappuses

3.91

3000+ vērtējumi

⚛️ Quantum Mechanics 📚 Popular Physics 🧠 Copenhagen Interpretation

Topology

autors: James R. Munkres • 1974

A donut and a coffee cup are the same shape. The rigorous text that proves it.

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🔢 Topological Spaces 📏 Metric Spaces 🔗 Compactness

Topology

A donut and a coffee cup are the same shape. The rigorous text that proves it.

autors: James R. Munkres 1974 537 lappuses

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🔢 Topological Spaces 📏 Metric Spaces 🔗 Compactness

Physics and Philosophy

autors: Werner Heisenberg • 1958

Observation doesn't just reveal reality at the quantum scale: it helps decide what becomes real.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Science ⚛️ Quantum Foundations 🏛️ Greek Natural Philosophy

Physics and Philosophy

Observation doesn't just reveal reality at the quantum scale: it helps decide what becomes real.

autors: Werner Heisenberg 1958 176 lappuses

4.03

3000+ vērtējumi

🧠 Philosophy Of Science ⚛️ Quantum Foundations 🏛️ Greek Natural Philosophy

Love Triangle

autors: Matt Parker • 2024

Triangles build skyscrapers, animate movies, and decode sound: the shape that runs the world.

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Love Triangle

Triangles build skyscrapers, animate movies, and decode sound: the shape that runs the world.

autors: Matt Parker 2024 352 lappuses

3.93

1000+ vērtējumi

The Fourth Dimension

autors: Rudy Rucker • 1984

The fourth dimension decoded: from Flatland to wormholes, where geometry bends mind and cosmos.

4.14

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🧊 Higher Dimensions 🔮 Fourth Dimension ⏳ Spacetime Geometry

The Fourth Dimension

The fourth dimension decoded: from Flatland to wormholes, where geometry bends mind and cosmos.

autors: Rudy Rucker 1984 228 lappuses

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🧊 Higher Dimensions 🔮 Fourth Dimension ⏳ Spacetime Geometry

Success through Failure

autors: Henry Petroski • 2006

Every triumph contains the seed of its collapse; the art of design is spotting it early.

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201

🧱 Engineering Failures 💡 Learning From Failure 📐 Design Theory

Success through Failure

Every triumph contains the seed of its collapse; the art of design is spotting it early.

autors: Henry Petroski 2006 256 lappuses

3.60

201 vērtējumi

🧱 Engineering Failures 💡 Learning From Failure 📐 Design Theory

Organic Chemistry

autors: Jonathan Clayden • 2000

Organic chemistry, taught through the logic of electrons rather than the catalog of compounds.

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⚛️ Molecular Structure 🧪 Chemical Synthesis 🔄 Reaction Mechanisms

Organic Chemistry

Organic chemistry, taught through the logic of electrons rather than the catalog of compounds.

autors: Jonathan Clayden 2000 1536 lappuses

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1000+ vērtējumi

⚛️ Molecular Structure 🧪 Chemical Synthesis 🔄 Reaction Mechanisms

Invention by Design; How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing

autors: Petroski • 1996

Paper clips, fax machines, bridges: what their shortcomings reveal about the logic of engineering.

3.75

351

🛠️ Engineering Design 🏛️ History Of Technology 💥 Failure Analysis

Invention by Design; How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing

Paper clips, fax machines, bridges: what their shortcomings reveal about the logic of engineering.

autors: Petroski 1996 256 lappuses

3.75

351 vērtējumi

🛠️ Engineering Design 🏛️ History Of Technology 💥 Failure Analysis

Fermat's Enigma

autors: Simon Singh • 1998

150 years, countless geniuses, one unproven hunch about primes, and a million dollars waiting.

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🔢 Prime Numbers 📜 History Of Mathematics ❓ Unsolved Problems

Fermat's Enigma

150 years, countless geniuses, one unproven hunch about primes, and a million dollars waiting.

autors: Simon Singh 1998 315 lappuses

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33 000+ vērtējumi

🔢 Prime Numbers 📜 History Of Mathematics ❓ Unsolved Problems

Antimatter

autors: Frank Close • 2009

Half the universe should be antimatter. That it vanished is physics' most persistent mystery.

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1000+

🧲 Particle Physics 📜 History Of Science 💥 Matter And Energy

Antimatter

Half the universe should be antimatter. That it vanished is physics' most persistent mystery.

autors: Frank Close 2009 176 lappuses

4.04

1000+ vērtējumi

🧲 Particle Physics 📜 History Of Science 💥 Matter And Energy

Letters to a Young Mathematician

autors: Ian Stewart • 2006

Proof is story, pure and applied one: a mathematician's letters on the creative life of numbers.

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🧩 Mathematical Proof 🎓 Math Education 💡 Mathematical Creativity

Letters to a Young Mathematician

Proof is story, pure and applied one: a mathematician's letters on the creative life of numbers.

autors: Ian Stewart 2006 224 lappuses

3.86

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🧩 Mathematical Proof 🎓 Math Education 💡 Mathematical Creativity

Gravitation and Cosmology

autors: Steven Weinberg • 1972

A textbook that doesn't ask you to imagine curved spacetime; it proves you can't avoid it.

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177

🌀 General Relativity 🌌 Cosmology 📐 Spacetime Geometry

Gravitation and Cosmology

A textbook that doesn't ask you to imagine curved spacetime; it proves you can't avoid it.

autors: Steven Weinberg 1972 688 lappuses

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177 vērtējumi

🌀 General Relativity 🌌 Cosmology 📐 Spacetime Geometry

Statistics for Dummies

autors: Deborah J. Rumsey • 2003

The numbers behind the headline, the margin of error they hid, and how to spot the difference.

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📊 Statistical Literacy 📈 Data Interpretation 🔍 Bias Detection

Statistics for Dummies

The numbers behind the headline, the margin of error they hid, and how to spot the difference.

autors: Deborah J. Rumsey 2003 384 lappuses

3.66

500+ vērtējumi

📊 Statistical Literacy 📈 Data Interpretation 🔍 Bias Detection

The Grapes of Math

autors: Alex Bellos • 2014

Seashells, cities, and stock crashes obey the same hidden math. A guided tour of the patterns.

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The Grapes of Math

Seashells, cities, and stock crashes obey the same hidden math. A guided tour of the patterns.

autors: Alex Bellos 2014 322 lappuses

4.09

500+ vērtējumi

Concrete Planet

autors: Robert Courland • 2011

Concrete is older than the wheel, built Rome, and now silently corrodes the modern world.

3.89

218

🏛️ Roman Engineering 🏗️ Construction History 🔬 Material Science

Concrete Planet

Concrete is older than the wheel, built Rome, and now silently corrodes the modern world.

autors: Robert Courland 2011 400 lappuses

3.89

218 vērtējumi

🏛️ Roman Engineering 🏗️ Construction History 🔬 Material Science

Feyman's Tips on Physics

autors: Richard P. Feynman • 2005

Four lost Feynman lectures: the math instincts and gyroscopic thinking his famous course left out.

4.24

495

🏗️ Classical Mechanics ✏️ Physics Problem Solving ➡️ Vector Calculus

Feyman's Tips on Physics

Four lost Feynman lectures: the math instincts and gyroscopic thinking his famous course left out.

autors: Richard P. Feynman 2005 182 lappuses

4.24

495 vērtējumi

🏗️ Classical Mechanics ✏️ Physics Problem Solving ➡️ Vector Calculus

The Joy of Abstraction

autors: Eugenia Cheng • 2022

What if math’s deepest lesson is that context always beats content? A category theorist explains.

3.84

190

🔢 Category Theory 🧠 Mathematical Thinking 📚 Popular Mathematics

The Joy of Abstraction

What if math’s deepest lesson is that context always beats content? A category theorist explains.

autors: Eugenia Cheng 2022 424 lappuses

3.84

190 vērtējumi

🔢 Category Theory 🧠 Mathematical Thinking 📚 Popular Mathematics

How to Study for a Mathematics Degree

autors: Lara Alcock • 2012

School math was calculation. University math is proof. How to bridge the gap without drowning.

4.09

221

🧮 Proof-Based Mathematics 🎓 Math Undergraduates ✍️ Mathematical Writing

How to Study for a Mathematics Degree

School math was calculation. University math is proof. How to bridge the gap without drowning.

autors: Lara Alcock 2012 256 lappuses

4.09

221 vērtējumi

🧮 Proof-Based Mathematics 🎓 Math Undergraduates ✍️ Mathematical Writing

Symmetry

autors: Marcus du Sautoy • 2007

Symmetry is not just pretty. It solves equations, builds viruses, and corrects your text messages.

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500+

Symmetry

Symmetry is not just pretty. It solves equations, builds viruses, and corrects your text messages.

autors: Marcus du Sautoy 2007 384 lappuses

3.82

500+ vērtējumi

The Universe and the Teacup

autors: K.C. Cole • 1998

Your gut is wrong about fairness, risk, and scale. Mathematics proves it, elegantly.

3.78

500+

The Universe and the Teacup

Your gut is wrong about fairness, risk, and scale. Mathematics proves it, elegantly.

autors: K.C. Cole 1998 214 lappuses

3.78

500+ vērtējumi

Make

autors: Charles Platt • 2008

From Ohm's Law to Arduino: learn electronics by building, breaking, and fixing circuits.

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⚡ Electronic Fundamentals 🔌 Circuit Building 🛠️ Hobbyist Electronics

Make

From Ohm's Law to Arduino: learn electronics by building, breaking, and fixing circuits.

autors: Charles Platt 2008 349 lappuses

4.27

1000+ vērtējumi

⚡ Electronic Fundamentals 🔌 Circuit Building 🛠️ Hobbyist Electronics

Quantum Mechanics

autors: Leonard Susskind • 2014

The physics degree you never got: quantum states as vectors, and the math that replaces intuition.

4.33

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🧪 Quantum Mechanics 📐 Mathematical Physics ⚛️ Theoretical Physics

Quantum Mechanics

The physics degree you never got: quantum states as vectors, and the math that replaces intuition.

autors: Leonard Susskind 2014 364 lappuses

4.33

2000+ vērtējumi

🧪 Quantum Mechanics 📐 Mathematical Physics ⚛️ Theoretical Physics

Alex's Adventures in Numberland

autors: Alex Bellos • 2010

How counting became civilization's greatest invention, and the puzzling patterns it revealed.

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Alex's Adventures in Numberland

How counting became civilization's greatest invention, and the puzzling patterns it revealed.

autors: Alex Bellos 2010 448 lappuses

4.12

5000+ vērtējumi

The Girl With a Mind for Math

autors: Julia Finley Mosca • 2018

Segregation said she couldn't. The Navy said two months. She designed a ship in 18 hours.

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🔍 Hidden Figures 👩‍🔬 Women In Stem 🚀 Women Pioneers

The Girl With a Mind for Math

Segregation said she couldn't. The Navy said two months. She designed a ship in 18 hours.

autors: Julia Finley Mosca 2018 40 lappuses

4.41

500+ vērtējumi

🔍 Hidden Figures 👩‍🔬 Women In Stem 🚀 Women Pioneers

Small Things Considered

autors: Henry Petroski • 2003

Why nothing works perfectly: the constraints hiding inside every object you use.

3.40

334

📐 Everyday Design 🔧 Engineering Philosophy ⚖️ Design Constraints

Small Things Considered

Why nothing works perfectly: the constraints hiding inside every object you use.

autors: Henry Petroski 2003 304 lappuses

3.40

334 vērtējumi

📐 Everyday Design 🔧 Engineering Philosophy ⚖️ Design Constraints

The Idea Factory

autors: Pepper White • 1991

MIT: where a valedictorian learns to celebrate a B and survive the pressure without losing himself.

3.85

255

🎓 Grad School 🏛️ Elite Universities 🎭 Imposter Syndrome

The Idea Factory

MIT: where a valedictorian learns to celebrate a B and survive the pressure without losing himself.

autors: Pepper White 1991 328 lappuses

3.85

255 vērtējumi

🎓 Grad School 🏛️ Elite Universities 🎭 Imposter Syndrome

The Essential Engineer

autors: Henry Petroski • 2010

Science explains; engineering creates. When we confuse the two, our biggest problems get harder.

3.37

270

🧠 Engineering Philosophy 🛡️ Engineering Ethics ⚖️ Risk Assessment

The Essential Engineer

Science explains; engineering creates. When we confuse the two, our biggest problems get harder.

autors: Henry Petroski 2010 288 lappuses

3.37

270 vērtējumi

🧠 Engineering Philosophy 🛡️ Engineering Ethics ⚖️ Risk Assessment

Arithmetic

autors: Paul Lockhart • 2017

Arithmetic is a craft, not a grind. The elegant patterns hiding in every counting system.

3.92

236

🧠 Mathematical Thinking 📜 History Of Math 🔢 Number Representation

Arithmetic

Arithmetic is a craft, not a grind. The elegant patterns hiding in every counting system.

autors: Paul Lockhart 2017 224 lappuses

3.92

236 vērtējumi

🧠 Mathematical Thinking 📜 History Of Math 🔢 Number Representation

The Calculus of Friendship

autors: Steven H. Strogatz • 2009

They traded calculus problems by mail for thirty years. The equations said what they couldn't.

3.87

404

🖋️ Epistolary Friendship 📊 Mathematical Memoir 🔢 Mathematics Of Life

The Calculus of Friendship

They traded calculus problems by mail for thirty years. The equations said what they couldn't.

autors: Steven H. Strogatz 2009 184 lappuses

3.87

404 vērtējumi

🖋️ Epistolary Friendship 📊 Mathematical Memoir 🔢 Mathematics Of Life

The Numbers Game

autors: Michael Blastland • 2008

Most numbers in the news mislead you; a few mental habits reveal the real story.

3.65

344

📊 Statistical Literacy 📈 Data Interpretation 🤨 Media Skepticism

The Numbers Game

Most numbers in the news mislead you; a few mental habits reveal the real story.

autors: Michael Blastland 2008 224 lappuses

3.65

344 vērtējumi

📊 Statistical Literacy 📈 Data Interpretation 🤨 Media Skepticism

The Perfectionists

autors: Simon Winchester • 2018

From cylinders to microchips: the hidden pursuit of perfect smoothness that built the modern world.

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🔧 History Of Technology 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🔍 Microhistory

The Perfectionists

From cylinders to microchips: the hidden pursuit of perfect smoothness that built the modern world.

autors: Simon Winchester 2018 416 lappuses

4.15

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🔧 History Of Technology 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🔍 Microhistory

What's the Use?

autors: Ian Stewart • 2021

Kidney matches, secure websites, movie animation: the invisible math that built the modern world.

3.54

175

📐 Applied Mathematics 📊 Mathematical Modeling 🔍 Hidden Mathematics

What's the Use?

Kidney matches, secure websites, movie animation: the invisible math that built the modern world.

autors: Ian Stewart 2021 336 lappuses

3.54

175 vērtējumi

📐 Applied Mathematics 📊 Mathematical Modeling 🔍 Hidden Mathematics

Is Maths Real? How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics’ Deepest Truths

autors: Eugenia Cheng • 2023

Math is not about right answers but about asking why. A manifesto for the curious.

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📐 Philosophy Of Math 🧮 Mathematical Thinking 📚 Math Pedagogy

Is Maths Real? How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics’ Deepest Truths

Math is not about right answers but about asking why. A manifesto for the curious.

autors: Eugenia Cheng 2023 328 lappuses

3.52

500+ vērtējumi

📐 Philosophy Of Math 🧮 Mathematical Thinking 📚 Math Pedagogy

Confident Data Skills

autors: Kirill Eremenko • 2018

From messy data to clean insights to persuasive presentations: the process that lands the promotion.

4.12

211

📊 Data Science 📖 Data Literacy 🤖 Machine Learning Basics

Confident Data Skills

From messy data to clean insights to persuasive presentations: the process that lands the promotion.

autors: Kirill Eremenko 2018 272 lappuses

4.12

211 vērtējumi

📊 Data Science 📖 Data Literacy 🤖 Machine Learning Basics

How Technology Works

autors: D.K. Publishing • 2019

A visual tour of the physics inside your phone, your microwave, and the power grid.

4.33

166

🔍 Visual Encyclopedias ⚙️ How Things Work ⚡ Applied Physics

How Technology Works

A visual tour of the physics inside your phone, your microwave, and the power grid.

autors: D.K. Publishing 2019 256 lappuses

4.33

166 vērtējumi

🔍 Visual Encyclopedias ⚙️ How Things Work ⚡ Applied Physics

The Tech Coup

autors: Marietje Schaake • 2024

When tech companies became the state, democracy became a user agreement no one reads.

3.78

468

🏛️ Tech Regulation 🏢 Corporate Power 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism

The Tech Coup

When tech companies became the state, democracy became a user agreement no one reads.

autors: Marietje Schaake 2024 336 lappuses

3.78

468 vērtējumi

🏛️ Tech Regulation 🏢 Corporate Power 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism

Prime Obsession

autors: John Derbyshire • 2003

A conjecture from 1859 ties prime numbers to quantum energy levels. The proof is still missing.

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🔢 Number Theory ❓ Unsolved Problems 📜 History Of Mathematics

Prime Obsession

A conjecture from 1859 ties prime numbers to quantum energy levels. The proof is still missing.

autors: John Derbyshire 2003 422 lappuses

4.15

3000+ vērtējumi

🔢 Number Theory ❓ Unsolved Problems 📜 History Of Mathematics

The Year in Tech 2022

autors: Harvard Business Review • 2021

Brain sensors at work. Doctor-prescribed apps. The tech trends reshaping business.

3.56

176

📊 Tech Strategy 🔮 Emerging Technology ⚖️ Ai Ethics

The Year in Tech 2022

Brain sensors at work. Doctor-prescribed apps. The tech trends reshaping business.

autors: Harvard Business Review 2021 176 lappuses

3.56

176 vērtējumi

📊 Tech Strategy 🔮 Emerging Technology ⚖️ Ai Ethics

Number

autors: Tobias Dantzig • 1930

The story of number, from zero to infinity, is a series of crises that redefined reality.

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🏛️ History Of Mathematics 🤔 Philosophy Of Math 🧠 Numerical Cognition

Number

The story of number, from zero to infinity, is a series of crises that redefined reality.

autors: Tobias Dantzig 1930 416 lappuses

4.09

500+ vērtējumi

🏛️ History Of Mathematics 🤔 Philosophy Of Math 🧠 Numerical Cognition

Godel's Proof

autors: Ernest Nagel • 1958

Arithmetic cannot prove its own consistency. The man who proved that was twenty-five.

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🧮 Mathematical Logic 🏛️ Foundations Of Mathematics 🧩 Incompleteness

Godel's Proof

Arithmetic cannot prove its own consistency. The man who proved that was twenty-five.

autors: Ernest Nagel 1958 160 lappuses

4.19

5000+ vērtējumi

🧮 Mathematical Logic 🏛️ Foundations Of Mathematics 🧩 Incompleteness

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