The grapes of math : how life reflects numbers and numbers reflect life /
"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 di...
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Simon & Schuster,
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Publisher Address: | New York : |
Publication Dates: | 2014. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Edition: | First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
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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 favorite 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"-- |
Carrier Form: | xiii, 337 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-322) and index. |
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9781451640090 (hardback) : 1451640099 (hardback) 9781451640113 (paperback) 1451640110 (paperback) |
Index Number: | QA99 |
CLC: | O1-49 |
Call Number: | O1-49/B447 |
Contents: | Every number tells a story -- The long tail of the law -- Love triangles -- Coneheads -- Bring on the revolution -- All about e -- The positive power of negative thinking -- Professor calculus -- The titl of this chapter contains three erors -- Cell mates. |