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The Grapes of Math: How Life Reflects Numbers and Numbers Reflect Life
The Grapes of Math How Life Reflects Numbers and Numbers Reflect Life Author:Alex Bellos From the bestselling author of Here?s Looking at Euclid, a dazzling new book that turns even the most complex math into a brilliantly entertaining narrative. — From triangles, rotations and power laws, to cones, curves and the dreaded calculus, Alex takes you on a journey of mathematical discovery with his signature wit and limitless enthusiasm. ... more »He sifts through over 30,000 survey submissions to uncover the world?s favourite number, and meets a mathematician who looks for universes in his garage. He attends the World Mathematical Congress in India, and visits the engineer who designed the first roller-coaster loop.
Get hooked on math as Alex delves deep into humankind?s turbulent relationship with numbers, and reveals how they have shaped the world we live in.« less