100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know: Math Explains Your World - Couverture rigide

Barrow, John D.

 
9780393070071: 100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know: Math Explains Your World
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ISBN 10 : 0393070077 ISBN 13 : 9780393070071
Editeur : W W Norton & Co Inc, 2009

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Book by Barrow John D

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How does the theory of relativity apply to rugby?
Why can't drunk people walk in a straight line?
Can maths help with your relationship problems?
How did the leopard get his spots?

Mathematics can tell you things about the world that can't be learned in any other way. This hugely informative and wonderfully entertaining little book answers one hundred essential questions about existence. It unravels the knotty, clarifies the conundrums and sheds light into dark corners. From winning the lottery, placing bets at the races and escaping from bears to sports, Shakepeare, Google, game theory, drunks, divorce settlements and dodgy accounting; from chaos to infinity and everything in between, 100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know has all the answers!

'It would be hard to imagine an easier, friendlier, more entertaining introduction to maths...there are even belly laughs' Daily Telegraph

Présentation de l'éditeur

“If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.” –John von Neuman

Mathematics can tell you things about the world that can’t be learned in any other way. This hugely informative and wonderfully entertaining little book answers one hundred essential questions about existence. It unravels the knotty, clarifies the conundrums and sheds light onto dark corners. From winning the lottery, placing bets at the races and escaping from bears, to sports, Shakespeare, Google, game theory, drunks, divorce settlements and dodgy accounting. From chaos to infinity and everything in between, 100 Essential Things You Didn’t Know You Didn’t Know has all the answers!

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Éditeur
W W Norton & Co Inc
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0393070077
ISBN 13 
9780393070071
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
284
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0393338673 ISBN 13 :  9780393338676
Editeur : W. W. Norton & Company, 2010
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