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Humble Pi

- A Comedy of Maths Errors
Af: Matt Parker Engelsk Paperback

Humble Pi

- A Comedy of Maths Errors
Af: Matt Parker Engelsk Paperback
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**The First Ever Maths Book to be a No.1 Bestseller**
''Wonderful ... superb'' Daily Mail

What makes a bridge wobble when it''s not meant to? Billions of dollars mysteriously vanish into thin air? A building rock when its resonant frequency matches a gym class leaping to Snap''s 1990 hit I''ve Got The Power? The answer is maths. Or, to be precise, what happens when maths goes wrong in the real world.

As Matt Parker shows us, our modern lives are built on maths: computer programmes, finance, engineering. And most of the time this maths works quietly behind the scenes, until ... it doesn''t. Exploring and explaining a litany of glitches, near-misses and mishaps involving the internet, big data, elections, street signs, lotteries, the Roman empire and a hapless Olympic shooting team, Matt Parker shows us the bizarre ways maths trips us up, and what this reveals about its essential place in our world.

Mathematics doesn''t have good ''people skills'', but we would all be better off, he argues, if we saw it as a practical ally. This book shows how, by making maths our friend, we can learn from its pitfalls. It also contains puzzles, challenges, geometric socks, jokes about binary code and three deliberate mistakes. Getting it wrong has never been more fun.

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**The First Ever Maths Book to be a No.1 Bestseller**
''Wonderful ... superb'' Daily Mail

What makes a bridge wobble when it''s not meant to? Billions of dollars mysteriously vanish into thin air? A building rock when its resonant frequency matches a gym class leaping to Snap''s 1990 hit I''ve Got The Power? The answer is maths. Or, to be precise, what happens when maths goes wrong in the real world.

As Matt Parker shows us, our modern lives are built on maths: computer programmes, finance, engineering. And most of the time this maths works quietly behind the scenes, until ... it doesn''t. Exploring and explaining a litany of glitches, near-misses and mishaps involving the internet, big data, elections, street signs, lotteries, the Roman empire and a hapless Olympic shooting team, Matt Parker shows us the bizarre ways maths trips us up, and what this reveals about its essential place in our world.

Mathematics doesn''t have good ''people skills'', but we would all be better off, he argues, if we saw it as a practical ally. This book shows how, by making maths our friend, we can learn from its pitfalls. It also contains puzzles, challenges, geometric socks, jokes about binary code and three deliberate mistakes. Getting it wrong has never been more fun.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 336
ISBN-13: 9780141989143
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 0141989149
Udg. Dato: 5 mar 2020
Længde: 28mm
Bredde: 197mm
Højde: 129mm
Forlag: Penguin Books Ltd
Oplagsdato: 5 mar 2020
Forfatter(e): Matt Parker
Forfatter(e) Matt Parker


Kategori Matematikkens historie


ISBN-13 9780141989143


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 336


Udgave


Længde 28mm


Bredde 197mm


Højde 129mm


Udg. Dato 5 mar 2020


Oplagsdato 5 mar 2020


Forlag Penguin Books Ltd

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