Humble pi

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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Humble Pi written and read by Matt Parker. What makes a bridge wobble when it's not meant to? Billions of dollars mysteriously vanish into thin air? A building rock when its resonant frequency matches a gym class leaping to Snap's 1990 hit I've Got The Power? The answer is maths. Or, to be precise, what happens when maths goes wrong in the real world. As Matt Parker shows us, our modern lives are built on maths: computer programmes, finance, engineering. And most of the time this maths works quietly behind the scenes, until ... it doesn't. Exploring and explaining a litany of glitches, near-misses and mishaps involving the internet, big data, elections, street signs, lotteries, the Roman empire and a hapless Olympic shooting team, Matt Parker shows us the bizarre ways maths trips us up, and what this reveals about its essential place in our world. Mathematics doesn't have good 'people skills', but we would all be better off, he argues, if we saw it as a practical ally. This book shows how, by making maths our friend, we can learn from its pitfalls. It also contains puzzles, challenges, geometric socks, jokes about binary code and three deliberate mistakes. Getting it wrong has never been more fun.

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Humble Pi When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World

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1 international bestseller an adam savage book club pickthe book length answer to anyone who ever put their hand up in math class and asked when am i ever going to use this in the real world fun informative and relentlessly entertaining humble pi is a charming and very readable guide Op voorraad. Voor 23:59 besteld, morgen in huis .. MEER INFO

Humble Pi

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What makes a bridge wobble when it s not meant to billions of dollars mysteriously vanish into thin air a building rock when its resonant frequency matches a gym class leaping to snap s 1990 hit i ve got the power the answer is maths or to be precise what happens when maths goes wrong in the r Op voorraad. Voor 23:59 besteld, morgen in huis .. MEER INFO

Humble Pi

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the first ever maths book to be a no 1 bestseller wonderful superb daily mail what makes a bridge wobble when it s not meant to billions of dollars mysteriously vanish into thin air a building rock when its resonant frequency matches a gym class leaping to snap s 1990 hit i ve got the po Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Digitaal luisterboek

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 07 maart 2019

Speelduur: 09:33:42

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Matt Parker

Hoofduitgeverij: Penguin

Studieboek: Ja

EAN: 9780241375501

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