TY - BOOK AU - Keith J Devlin TI - Mathematics, the science of patterns : the search for order in life, mind, and the universe T2 - Scientific American Library series, 52. SN - 9780716760221 U1 - 510.1 DEV-M PY - 1994/// CY - New York PB - Scientific American Library KW - Mathematics. N1 - Counting -- Reasoning and communicating -- Motion and change -- Shape -- Symmetry and regularity -- Position N2 - The author argues that the guiding principles of some of the most mysterious mathematical topics can be made comprehensible, and shows just why the definition of mathematics as "working with numbers" has been out of date for nearly 2500 years ER -