Best of All Possible Worlds (Ekeland - paperback)

Author: Ivar Ekeland

ISBN: 9780226199955

Binding: paperback

Section: Math

Ivar Ekeland here takes the reader on a journey through scientific attempts to envision the best of all possible worlds. Tracing the profound impact of optimization and the unexpected ways in which it has influenced the study of mathematics, biology, economics, and even politics, Ekeland reveals throughout how the idea of optimization has driven some of our greatest intellectual breakthroughs.