10 € off your first Starcart purchase (for one product valued over 60 €). Use coupon10 € off for one product over 60 €. Coupon code
STAR
See moreHarpercollins Publishers
Number Mysteries: A Mathematical Odyssey Through Everyday Life
€18.33€46.20-60%
This product is not currently buyable with Starcart
You can find millions of other products on Starcart, always at the best price!
Description
From the author of The Music of the Primes and Finding Moonshine comes a short, lively book on five mathematical problems that just refuse be solved and on how many everyday problems can be solved by maths. Every time we download a song from Itunes, take a flight across the Atlantic or talk on our mobile phones, we are relying on great mathematical inventions. Maths may fail to provide answers to various of its own problems, but it can provide answers to problems that don't seem to be its own how prime numbers are the key to Real Madrid's success, to secrets on the Internet and to the survival of insects in the forests of North America. In The Number Mysteries, Marcus du Sautoy explains how to fake a Jackson Pollock; how to work out whether or not the universe has a hole in the middle of it; how to make the world's roundest football. He shows us how to see shapes in four dimensions and how maths makes you a better gambler. He tells us about the quest to predict the future from the flight of asteroids to an impending storm, from bending a ball like Beckham to predicting population growth. It's a book to dip in to; a book to challenge and puzzle and a book that gives us answers.
Specifications
General
Tuotekoodi
14666168
Kategoria
Talouskirjat
Pakkausten määrä
1 kpl
Pakkauksen koko ja paino (1)
0,3 x 0,3 x 0,1 m, 0,2 kg
Kustantamo
Harpercollins Publishers
Kirjan kieli
Englanti
Tyyppi
Taloustiede
Kirja
Ei
Tekijä
Marcus du Sautoy
Sivujen määrä
320, Ei ole määritelty
Julkaisuvuosi
2011
GTIN
9780007309863
Stores
Adlibris
€14.80
Availability
RemovedStarcart may earn a commission when you buy with Starcart or directly from the merchants.
3 reasons to shop with Starcart
Get the lowest prices
Millions of products from various online stores at the best prices, plus additional Starcart benefits.
Buy with a single cart
With Starcart, you can easily make purchases from different online stores using just one shopping cart.
Pay securely
Starcart handles the payments to the stores for you, making your shopping experience safe and secure.