100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know: Math Explains Your World

Barrow, John D.

ISBN 10: 0393338673 / ISBN 13: 9780393338676

Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: 100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know: Math Explains Your World
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393338673
• ISBN 13: 9780393338676
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

“Where else does math become a romp, full of entertaining tricks and turns?”―Bryce Christensen, Booklist

Have you ever considered why you always get stuck in the longest line? Why two’s company but three’s a crowd? Or why there are six degrees of separation instead of seven? In this hugely informative and endlessly entertaining book, John D. Barrow takes the most baffling of everyday phenomena and―with simple math, lucid explanations, and illustrations―explains why they work the way they do. His witty, crystal-clear answers shed light on the dark and shadowy corners of the physical world we all think we understand so well. 40 b/w illustrations

About the Author

John D. Barrow is professor of mathematical sciences and director of the Millennium Mathematics Project at Cambridge University, as well as a Fellow of the Royal Society. He is the best-selling author of many books on science and mathematics, including Mathletics: 100 Amazing Things You Didn’t Know about the World of Sports and 100 Essential Things You Didn’t Know You Didn’t Know: Math Explains Your World.