John D. Barrow

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

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Blue Guides Limited of London
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: Mai 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 141mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 255g
• ISBN-13: 9780393338676
• ISBN-10: 0393338673
• Artikelnr.: 28240585

Autorenporträt

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.

Rezensionen

I suspect the craft behind this fun book will only really come to light as we attempt to tell Barrow s stories to our friends. Suddenly, we will realize how much effort Barrow has expended in explaining difficult things simply. --Simon Ings