Humble Pi [electronic resource] : A Comedy of Maths Errors
Matt Parker2019
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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 of...
Main title:
Author:
Matt Parker, Author
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Penguin, 2019
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (256 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780141989136
Language:
English
BRN:
449884
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |