The Grapes of Math : : how Life Reflects Numbers and Numbers Reflect Life
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"From the bestselling author of Here's Looking at Euclid, a dazzling new book that turns even the most complex math into a brilliantly entertaining narrative. From triangles, rotations and power laws, to cones, curves and the dreaded calculus, Alex takes you on a journey of mathematical discovery with his signature wit and limitless enthusiasm. He sifts through over 30,000 survey submissions to uncover the world's favourite number, and meets a mathematician who looks for universes in his garage. He attends the World Mathematical Congress in India, and visits the engineer who designed the first roller-coaster loop. Get hooked on math as Alex delves deep into humankind's turbulent relationship with numbers, and reveals how they have shaped the world we live in"-- Provided by publisher.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2014.
Year Published: 2014
Description: xiii, 337 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781451640090 (hbk.)
1451640099 (hbk.)
SUBJECTS
Mathematics -- Miscellanea.