Matt Parker

Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors

19,78 €
149,03 kn

Matt Parker

Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors

19,78 €
149,03 kn


Most of the time, the maths in our everyday lives works quietly behind the scenes. Until someone forgets to carry a `1` and a bridge collapses, a plane drops out of the sky or a building rocks when its resonant frequency matches a gym class leaping to Snap`s 1990 hit I`ve Got The Power. This book is all about what happens when maths goes wrong in the real world. Exploring and explaining a litany of near-misses and mishaps involving the internet, big data, elections, street signs, lotteries and the Roman empire, Matt Parker shows us the bizarre ways maths trips us all 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. By making maths our friend, we can use it to our advantage and learn from its pitfalls.



GODINA IZDANJA
2019
JEZIK IZDANJA
Engleski
NAKLADNIK / PROIZVOĐAČ
FORMAT
153 x 234 mm
BROJ STRANICA
336 stranica
UVEZ
meki uvez
MASA
0.41 kg
BARKOD
9780241360194
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