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The Indisputable Existence of Santa Claus: The Mathematics of Christmas - The Funny Maths Gift Book from the Celebrity Traitors Star - Couverture rigide

Fry, Hannah; Evans, Dr Thomas Oléron

 
9781784162740: The Indisputable Existence of Santa Claus: The Mathematics of Christmas - The Funny Maths Gift Book from the Celebrity Traitors Star
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1784162744 ISBN 13 : 9781784162740
Editeur : Black Swan, 2017

Synopsis

Discover the mathematics behind Christmas with star of Celebrity Traitors and host of The Rest is Science podcast Dr Hannah Fry. This is the perfect, intelligent stocking filler for the boffin in your life.

'A smart, witty, original take on the festive season, with calculations and theories to help you prepare and solve your Christmas conundrums.' The Sun

  • How do you apply game theory to select who should be on your Christmas shopping list?
  • Can you predict His Majesty's Christmas Message?
  • Will calculations show Santa getting steadily thinner - shimmying up and down chimneys - or fatter, as he tucks into a mince pie in billions of houses across the world?


Full of diagrams, sketches and graphs, beautiful equations, Markov chains and matrices, The Indisputable Existence of Santa Claus brightens up the bleak midwinter with stockingfuls of mathematical marvels. Learn exactly how to avoid a secret Santa disaster and a sure-fire way to win the festive family games. Hannah Fry and Thomas Oléron Evans prove once and for all that maths isn't just for old men with white hair and beards (who associate with elves).

Maths has never been merrier.

NOW WITH A BRAND NEW CHAPTER

'Hannah Fry is quickly becoming the David Attenborough of maths.' Telegraph

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À propos de l'auteur

Hannah Fry is Professor of the Public Understanding of Mathematics at Cambridge University. She is loved for her joyful ability to bring complex ideas to life with her signature sass, wit and warmth. Her broadcasting work includes The Rest is Science (Goalhanger) AI Confidential with Hannah Fry (BBC Two) The Future With Hannah Fry (Bloomberg - Emmy winning) The Secret Genius of Modern Life (BBC Two) Infinite Explorer (Nat Geo) and Curious Cases (BBC Radio 4) as well as the Grierson winning Making Sense of Cancer (BBC Two). She has written numerous articles for The New Yorker and is the author of multiple bestsellers including A Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything, The Mathematics of Love and the critically acclaimed Hello World. In 2026 she was selected as one of Time magazine's top 100 Creators and was awarded the Leelavati Prize for outstanding contributions to increasing public understanding of mathematics.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

How do you apply game theory to select who should be on your Christmas shopping list ? Can you predict Her Majesty's Christmas Message? Will calculations show Santa is getting steadily thinner - shimmying up and down chimneys for a whole night - or fatter - as he tucks into a mince pie and a glass of sherry in billions of houses across the world?

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Éditeur
Black Swan
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1784162744
ISBN 13 
9781784162740
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
160
Coordonnées du fabricant
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The Random House Group Limited
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