JOSEPH MAZUR - Fluke: The Math and Myth of Coincidences

Fluke: The Math and Myth of Coincidences

Delving into the mathematics of our poetic twists of fate, Mazur has written a book that will appeal to anyone who has ever wondered how all of the tiny decisions and coincidences that happen in our lives add up to what can seem like an impossibly improbable whole. A must-read for math enthusiasts and story-tellers alike, Fluke helps us to understand the true nature of chance, and thus, of life itself.

Selected Works

The Clock Mirage: Our Myth of Measured Time

What is time? This question has fascinated philosophers, mathematicians, and scientists for thousands of years. Why does time seem to speed up with age? What is its connection with memory, anticipation, and sleep cycles?

The Clock Mirage: Our Myth of Measured Time

Fluke: The Math and Myth of Coincidences

What are the chances? This is the question we ask ourselves when we encounter the freakiest and most seemingly impossible coincidences, like the woman who won the lottery four times or the fact that Lincoln’s dreams foreshadowed his own assassination.

Enlightening Symbols: A short History of Mathematical Notation and its Hidden Powers

Hardly any math symbols were used before the sixteenth century. What did mathematicians rely on for their work before then? And how did mathematical notations evolve to what we know of today? Enlightening Symbols explains the fascinating history behind the development of our current mathematical notation system, shows how symbols were used initially, how one symbol replaced another over time, and how written math was conveyed before and after symbols became widely adopted.

What's Luck Got To Do With It?

Princeton University Press (2010). A book about the nature of gambling, emphasizing the dangers and pitfalls of feeling lucky. It will investigate the hooks of gambling and what makes gamblers feel lucky. Using both mathematics and psychology it will illustrate the misconceptions of luck, explore what it means to have a good chance, and to create an awareness of expected outcomes.

The Motion Paradox: The 2,500-Year-Old Puzzle Behind the Mysteries of Time and Space

Published by Dutton in April 2007. Now available in bookstores. "THIS is one of the most fascinating science books I have ever read . . . Mazur has succeeded in telling a fresh and untold story with clarity and style." -- The New Scientist

Euclid in the Rainforest: Discovering Universal Truth in Logic and Math

One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles of the Year 2005--
“This book is a treasure of human experience and intellectual excitement.”

--Choice

Editor of Number: The Language of Science

Editor of the revived classic by Tobias Dantzig, Number: The Language of Science.

Fluke: The Math and Myth of Coincidences

Selected Works The Clock Mirage: Our Myth of Measured Time What is time? This question has fascinated philosophers, mathematicians, and scientists for thousands of years. Why does time seem to speed up with age? What is its connection with memory, anticipation, and sleep cycles?

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Selected Works

The Clock Mirage: Our Myth of Measured Time

What is time? This question has fascinated philosophers, mathematicians, and scientists for thousands of years. Why does time seem to speed up with age? What is its connection with memory, anticipation, and sleep cycles?