The universe and the teacup : the mathematics of truth and beauty / K.C. Cole.

ch. 1. What's math got to do with it
pt 1. Where mind meets math
ch. 2. Exponential amplification
ch. 3. Calculated risks
pt. 2. Interpreting the physical world
ch. 4. Measure of man, woman, and thing
ch. 5. Matter of scale
ch. 6. Emerging properties: more is different
ch. 7. Mathematics of prediction
ch. 8. Signal in the haystack
pt. 3. Interpreting the social world
ch. 9. Voting: Lani Guinier was right
ch. 10. Fair division: the wisdom of Solomon
ch. 11. Mathematics of kindness: math proves the golden rule
pt. 4. Mathematics of truth
ch. 12. Truth about why things happen
ch. 13. Burden of proof
ch. 14. Emmy and Albert: the unvarying nature of truth.