Figuring it out [electronic resource] : entertaining encounters with everyday math / Nuno Crato.
This is a book of mathematical stories, funny and puzzling mathematical stories. They tell of villains who try to steal secrets, heroes who encode their messages, and mathematicians who spend years on end searching for the best way to pile oranges. There are also stories about highway confusions occ...
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| Other title: | Matemática das coisas. English. |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English Portuguese |
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Heidelberg ; New York :
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| Summary: | This is a book of mathematical stories, funny and puzzling mathematical stories. They tell of villains who try to steal secrets, heroes who encode their messages, and mathematicians who spend years on end searching for the best way to pile oranges. There are also stories about highway confusions occurring when the rules of Cartesian geometry are ignored, small-change errors due to ignorance of ancient paradoxes, and mistakes in calendars arising from poor numerical approximations. This book is about the power and beauty of mathematics. It shows mathematics in action, explained in a way that everybody can understand. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 227 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783642048333 3642048331 9783642048579 3642048579 9783662505526 3662505525 |