Humble pi when math goes wrong in the real world
"This tour of real-world mathematical disasters reveals the importance of math in everyday life. All sorts of seemingly innocuous mathematical mistakes can have significant consequences. Exploring and explaining a litany of glitches, near misses, and mathematical mishaps involving the internet,...
| Main Author: | Parker, Matt (Mathematician) (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Riverhead Books,
2020.
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| Summary: |
"This tour of real-world mathematical disasters reveals the importance of math in everyday life. All sorts of seemingly innocuous mathematical mistakes can have significant consequences. Exploring and explaining a litany of glitches, near misses, and mathematical mishaps involving the internet, big data, elections, street signs, lotteries, the Roman Empire, and an Olympic team, Matt Parker uncovers the ways math trips us up"-- |
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| Item Description: |
Page numbers are in reverse order. First published in Great Britain as: Humble pi : a comedy of maths errors by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Random House Uk, 2019--Title page verso. Includes index. |
| Physical Description: |
314 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: |
9780593084687 0593084683 |
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