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1、6489361.313.93340.9316369373.329.919100.91146608How0.300.89010.898025251.634.86450.8611315972.296.85670.851131116Math2.296.85670.8516246153.299.849100.8417830853.6110.8010110.805082871Explains10.3030.7830310.786227001.263.77340.776184571.253.75340.754524020.922.74230.74AGuide
2、the7807731.584.73450.73tothe9399461.905.69560.69PowerofNumbers,276531World0.561.68120.689349431.895.66560.66from12625052.567.65780.65CarRepairtoModernPhysicsJamesD.SteinTomylovelywife,Linda,forwhomnodedicationdoesjustice.ContentsPrefaceviIntroductionxPrologue:WhyYourCarNe
3、verSeemstoBeReadyWhenTheyPromised1SectionI:DescribingtheUniverse111:TheMeasureofAllThings132:RealityChecks293:AllThingsGreatandSmall41SectionII:TheIncompleteToolbox654:ImpossibleConstructions675:TheHopeDiamondofMathematics816:NevertheTwainShallMeet1017:EvenLogicHasLimi
4、ts1158:SpaceandTime:IsThatAllThereIs?133SectionIII:Information:TheGoldilocksDilemma1539:Murphy’sLaw15510:TheDisorganizedUniverse16911:TheRawMaterials185SectionIV:TheUnattainableUtopia20312:CracksintheFoundation20513:TheSmoke-FilledRooms22314:ThroughaGlassDarkly237Index
5、249AbouttheAuthorCreditsCoverCopyrightAboutthePublisherPrefaceTheNovemberStatementMyfirstglimpseintomathematics,asopposedtoarithmetic,cameonaSaturdayafternooninlatefallwhenIwasaboutsevenyearsold.Iwantedtogooutandtossafootballaroundwithmyfather.Myfather,however,hadotherideas.Fo
6、raslongasIcanremember,myfatheralwayskeptameticulousrecordofhismonthlyexpensesonalargeyellowsheetthat,inretrospect,wasaprecursorofanExcelspreadsheet.Oneyellowsheetsufficedforeachmonth;atthetop,myfatherwrotethemonthandyear,andtherestofthesheetwasdevotedtoincomeandexpenses.Onthispa
7、rticularfallday,thesheethadfailedtobalanceby36cents,andmyfatherwantedtofindthediscrepancy.Iaskedhimhowlongitwouldtake,andhesaidhedidn’tthinkitwouldtaketoolong,becauseerrorsthatweredivisibleby9wereusuallythere-sultofwritingnumbersdowninthewrongorder;writing84insteadof48;844836.
8、Hesaidthisalwayshappened;wheneveryouwrotedownat
