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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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Main Authors: Bellos, Alex, 1969- (Author)
Group Author: McCoy, Surreal (Illustrator)
Published: Simon & Schuster,
Publisher Address: New York :
Publication Dates: 2014.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Mathematics > Miscellanea.
MATHEMATICS / General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural.
MATHEMATICS / Essays
Mathematics.
Miscellanea.
Summary: "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.
ISBN: 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.

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