Mapmatics: How We Navigate the World Through Numbers - Couverture souple

Rowinska, Paulina

 
9781035007059: Mapmatics: How We Navigate the World Through Numbers
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ISBN 10 : 1035007053 ISBN 13 : 9781035007059
Editeur : Picador, 2024

Synopsis

How does a delivery driver distribute hundreds of packages in a single working day?
Why does remote Alaska have such a large airport?
Where should we look for elusive serial killers?
The answers lie in the crucial connection between maps and maths.

In Mapmatics, Dr Paulina Rowinska embarks on a fascinating journey to discover the mathematical foundations of cartography and cartographical influences on mathematics.

From a sixteenth-century map that remains an indispensable navigation tool despite emphasizing the North–South divide to public transport maps that both guide and mislead passengers, she reveals how maps and maths shape not only our sense of space and time but also our worldview.

Through entertaining stories, surprising real-world examples and a cast of unforgettable characters, Mapmatics helps us to appreciate the mathematical methods and ideas behind maps. And, by illuminating how our world works, leaves us better equipped to understand and look after it.

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À propos de l?auteur

Paulina Rowinska is a Polish mathematician, science communicator and journalist living in New York. She has written for publications including Smithsonian Magazine, Undark and Quanta Magazine. She earned her PhD in mathematics at Imperial College London and completed a master’s degree in science journalism at MIT. Mapmatics, her first book, has been published in several countries and in Austria won the Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres (Science Book of the Year).

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How does a delivery driver distribute hundreds of packages in a single working day?
Why does remote Alaska have such a large airport?
Where should we look for elusive serial killers?
The answers lie in the crucial connection between maps and maths.

In Mapmatics, Dr Paulina Rowinska embarks on a fascinating journey to discover the mathematical foundations of cartography and cartographical influences on mathematics.

From a sixteenth-century map that remains an indispensable navigation tool despite emphasizing the North–South divide to public transport maps that both guide and mislead passengers, she reveals how maps and maths shape not only our sense of space and time but also our worldview.

Through entertaining stories, surprising real-world examples and a cast of unforgettable characters, Mapmatics helps us to appreciate the mathematical methods and ideas behind maps. And, by illuminating how our world works, leaves us better equipped to understand and look after it.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Picador
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1035007053
ISBN 13 
9781035007059
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
384
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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Editeur : Picador, 2024
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