L.A. math : romance, crime, and mathematics in the City of Angels /
"Move over, Sherlock and Watson--the detective duo of Carmichael and Lennox shows how math smarts can crack even the most perplexing cases. In the entertaining short-story collection L.A. Math, freelance investigator Freddy Carmichael meets colorful personalities throughout Los Angeles and enco...
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Princeton University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Princeton, New Jersey : |
Publication Dates: | [2016] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Summary: |
"Move over, Sherlock and Watson--the detective duo of Carmichael and Lennox shows how math smarts can crack even the most perplexing cases. In the entertaining short-story collection L.A. Math, freelance investigator Freddy Carmichael meets colorful personalities throughout Los Angeles and encounters mysterious circumstances from embezzlement and robbery to murder. In each story, Freddy's deductive instincts--and the trusty math skills of his sidekick, Pete Lennox--solve the crime. Featuring such glamorous locales as Beverly Hills, Brentwood, Malibu, and Santa Barbara, the fourteen short stories in L.A. Math take Freddy and Pete through various puzzles and challenges. In "A Change of Scene," Freddy has to figure out who is selling corporate secrets to a competitor--so he uses mathematical logic to uncover the culprit. In "The Winning Streak," conditional probability turns the tables on an unscrupulous bookie. And in "Message from a Corpse," the murderer of a wealthy widow is revealed through the rules of compound interest. It's everything you expect from the City of Angels--A-listers and wannabes, lovers and lawyers, heroes and villains. Readers will not only be entertained, but also gain practical mathematics knowledge, ranging from percentages and probability to set theory, statistics, and the mathematics of elections. For those who want to delve into mathematical subjects further, the book includes a supplementary section with more material. Filled with intriguing stories, L.A. Math is a treat for lovers of romance, crime, or mathematics"-- |
Carrier Form: | xvi, 240 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9780691168289 0691168288 |
Index Number: | PS3619 |
CLC: | I712.45 |
Call Number: | I712.45/S819-46 |
Contents: |
A change of scene -- The case of the vanishing greenbacks -- A matter of time -- The worst forty days since the Flood -- The accidental guest -- Message from a corpse -- Animal passions -- Nothing to crow about -- The winning streak -- One long season -- The great basketball fix -- It's all in the game -- Division of labor -- The quarterback controversy -- An introduction to sports betting. |