The Math of Life and Death: 7 Mathematical Principles That Shape Our Lives - Couverture souple

Yates, Kit

 
9781982111885: The Math of Life and Death: 7 Mathematical Principles That Shape Our Lives
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ISBN 10 : 1982111887 ISBN 13 : 9781982111885
Editeur : Scribner, 2021

Synopsis

Brilliant and entertaining mathematician Kit Yates illuminates seven mathematical concepts that shape our daily lives.

From birthdays to birth rates to how we perceive the passing of time, mathematical patterns shape our lives. But for those of us who left math behind in high school, the numbers and figures we encounter as we go about our days can leave us scratching our heads, feeling as if we’re fumbling through a mathematical minefield. In this eye-opening and “welcome addition to the math-for-people-who-hate-math” (Kirkus Reviews), Kit Yates illuminates hidden principles that can help us understand and navigate the chaotic and often opaque surfaces of our world.

In The Math of Life and Death, Yates takes us on a “dizzying, dazzling” (Nature) tour of everyday situations and grand-scale applications of mathematical concepts, including exponential growth and decay, optimization, statistics and probability, and number systems. Along the way he reveals the mathematical undersides of controversies over DNA testing, Ponzi schemes, viral marketing, and historical events such as the Chernobyl disaster and the Amanda Knox trial. Readers will finish this book with an enlightened perspective on the news, the law, medicine, and history, and will be better equipped to make personal decisions and solve problems with math in mind, whether it’s choosing the shortest checkout line at the grocery store or halting the spread of a deadly disease.

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À propos de l?auteur

Kit Yates is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mathematical Sciences and codirector of the Centre for Mathematical Biology at the University of Bath. He completed his PhD in mathematics at the University of Oxford in 2011. His research into mathematical biology has been covered by the BBC, The Guardian, The Telegraph, the Daily Mail (London), RTE, Scientific American, and Reuters amongst others. The Math of Life and Death is his first book.

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Éditeur
Scribner
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1982111887
ISBN 13 
9781982111885
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
288
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9781982111878: The Math of Life and Death: 7 Mathematical Principles That Shape Our Lives

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ISBN 10 :  1982111879 ISBN 13 :  9781982111878
Editeur : Scribner, 2020
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