From nutritional labels and box office statistics to terabytes and megapixels, the 21st century world is awash in numbers. How can the average Joe or Jane make sense of all that data? The key, Theoni Pappas argues, is math. In Mathematical Snippets, she draws readers into the fascinating world of math without overwhelming them with mind-numbing equations. Short, engaging sections on everything from golf to game theory introduce mathematical concepts and celebrate math’s impact on daily life.
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math, what math?,
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This review is from: Mathematical Snippets: Exploring mathematical ideas in small bites (Paperback)
This book collects an eclectic mix of short subjects and shows a math link to each. Most are extremely trite. many of the subjects have some math background, but the math is not discussed.
This book might be suitable for a child, but not an adult. Buy something else.
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Many famous attractions world wide have mathematical connections. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
digital root, anamorphic art Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Deep Blue, Case of Lies, Print Gallery, Leonhard Euler, National Archeological Museum, San Francisco Chronicle, Stanford University, Michael Burke, Nobel Prize, Sod's Law, New Kind of Science, Universiteit Leiden, Sam Loyd, Jackson Pollock, Quantum Stream, Courtesy of Foresight Institute, Mathematical Knots, Antikythera Mechanism, Sierpinski Triangle Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Many famous attractions world wide have mathematical connections. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
digital root, anamorphic art Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Deep Blue, Case of Lies, Print Gallery, Leonhard Euler, National Archeological Museum, San Francisco Chronicle, Stanford University, Michael Burke, Nobel Prize, Sod's Law, New Kind of Science, Universiteit Leiden, Sam Loyd, Jackson Pollock, Quantum Stream, Courtesy of Foresight Institute, Mathematical Knots, Antikythera Mechanism, Sierpinski Triangle Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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