Trick or Truth?, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016 The Mysterious Connection Between Physics and Mathematics The Frontiers Collection Series

The prize-winning essays in this book address the fascinating but sometimes uncomfortable relationship between physics and mathematics. Is mathematics merely another natural science? Or is it the result of human creativity? Does physics simply wear mathematics like a costume, or is math the lifeblood of physical reality?

The nineteen wide-ranging, highly imaginative and often entertaining essays are enhanced versions of the prize-winning entries to the FQXi essay competition ?Trick or Truth?, which attracted over 200 submissions.

The Foundational Questions Institute, FQXi, catalyzes, supports, and disseminates research on questions at the foundations of physics and cosmology, particularly new frontiers and innovative ideas integral to a deep understanding of reality, but unlikely to be supported by conventional funding sources.

A stimulating collection of arguments and ideas that will fascinate physicists, philosophers, mathematicians and lay readers alike

Includes essays specially rewarded for their entertainment and creative/out-of-the-box thinking

Published in cooperation with the renowned physics "think-tank" Foundational Questions Institute, FQXi

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras