We've Got Your Number - Couverture souple

Patel, Mukul

 
9780753437414: We've Got Your Number

Synopsis

Numbers and maths are all around us. They can explain where electricity comes from, why we look like our parents, why moons revolve around planets, and why it's so hard to win the lottery. We've Got Your Number investigates all aspects of mathematics and numbers and is arranged in a number of thematic chapters. Within each chapter is a series of self-contained spreads, each of which investigates all aspects of a specific subject, such as the different counting bases or the evolution of money.

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À propos de l?auteur

Mukul Patel developed and edited science & technology. He was the consultant/contributing editor on Scientific American's How Things Work Today and has also written technology articles for NASDAQ magazine. Mukul has been passionate about maths since childhood and studied for an MSci in mathematics at Imperial College, London. He also keen on 'recreational' maths, and the intersection of mathematics and literature, particularly the work of the French group OuLiPo. He is the author of We've Got Your Number.

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Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0753470721 ISBN 13 :  9780753470725
Editeur : Kingfisher Books Ltd, 2013
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