Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World
#1 International BestsellerAN ADAM SAVAGE BOOK CLUB PICKThis entertaining tour of real-world mathematical disasters reveals the importance of math in our everyday livesOur whole world is built on math, from the code running a website to the equations enabling the design of skyscrapers and bridges. Most of the time this math works quietly behind the scenes…until it doesn't. All sorts of seemingly innocuous mathematical mistakes can have significant consequences.Humble Pi is the book-length answer to anyone who ever put their hand upin math class and asked, When am I ever going to use this in the real world? Math is easy to ignore until a mispl…
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- ISBN: 978-0-593-08469-4
- EAN: 9780593084694
- Produktnummer: 34982689
- Verlag: Riverhead
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 336 S.
- Masse: H20.8 cm x B14.3 cm x D2.5 cm 299 g
- Gewicht: 299
Über den Autor
Matt Parker is the author of Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension as well as a stand-up comedian and YouTuber with over 100 million views. He writes about math for The Guardian, hosts the Science Channel's Outrageous Acts of Science, and appears regularly on various BBC shows including More or Less, The Infinite Monkey Cage, and QI. Matt performs his math stand-up routines in front of audiences of thousands and is the first person to use an overhead projector at the Hammersmith Apollo since Pink Floyd.
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