The grapes of math

how life reflects numbers and numbers reflect life

The grapes of math

how life reflects numbers and numbers reflect life
Alex Bellos ; illustrations by the Surreal McCoy
Book - 2014

"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 favourite 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"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bellos, Alex, 1969- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2014.
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
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