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Title: Mathematics (Big Questions Series)
Publisher: Metro Books
Publication Date: 2011
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1435111311
ISBN 13: 9781435111318
Binding: hardcover
Condition: Very Good

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The Big Questions—MATHEMATICS answers the fundamental problems that have perplexed inquiring minds throughout history. Ranging from the first known numbers and Plato’s ideal forms to chaos theory and Fermat’s last theorem, this book confronts the 20 key questions at the heart of mathematics and our understanding of the world, including:

WHAT IS MATHEMATICS FOR?
HOW BIG IS INFINITY?
IS MATHEMATICS EVEN TRUE?
CAN MATH GUARANTEE RICHES?
DO BUTTERFLIES’ WINGS REALLY CAUSE HURRICANES?
WHERE DO PARALLEL LINES MEET?
CAN WE CREATE AN UNBREAKABLE CODE?

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