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Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"This tour of real-world mathematical disasters reveals the importance of math in everyday life. All sorts of seemingly innocuous mathematical mistakes can have significant consequences. Exploring and explaining a litany of glitches, near misses, and mathematical mishaps involving the internet, big data, elections, street signs, lotteries, the Roman Empire, and an Olympic team, Matt Parker uncovers the ways math trips us up"--
2) Mathematics 1001: absolutely everything that matters in mathematics in 1001 bite-sized explanations
Author
Publisher
Firefly Books
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
The author focuses on how mathematics is created rather than on mathematical facts and teaches the subject without requiring memorization or any mathematical knowledge beyond basic computation.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The book that Daniel Tammet, bestselling author and mathematical savant, was born to write. In Tammet's world, numbers are beautiful and mathematics illuminates our lives and minds. Using anecdotes, everyday examples, and ruminations on history, literature, and more, Tammet allows us to share his unique insights and delight in the way numbers, fractions, and equations underpin all our lives. His idiosyncratic worldview gives us new perspecttives on...
Author
Series
Very short introductions volume 555
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Applied mathematics plays a major role in the sciences and in engineering, where it enhances our ability to use models and handle data. While pure mathematics mostly focuses on abstract structures, applied mathematics provides a tool for understanding and tackling a multitude of practical problems, such as medical imaging and neuroscience. Here, Alain Goriely explains the nature of applied mathematics, and discusses its early achievements in physics...
Author
Publisher
FIREFLY BOOKS
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"A compilation of everyday events analyzed for their probability of occurring. The odds are determined using mathematical equations and science. An entertaining illustrated reference to the role of mathematics in everyday life. Topics examined are: the human condition, sports and games, traveling from A to B, digital technology, chance and coincidence, and more."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Wellfleet Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
This easy-to-understand and fully illustrated handbook teaches essential math concepts using real-life examples so you can confidently apply math skills in everyday situations such as personal finance, cooking, home repair, and shopping.
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