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Humble pi : when math goes wrong in the real world / Matt Parker.
"This tour of real-world mathematical disasters reveals the importance of math in everyday life. All sorts of seemingly innocuous mathematical mistakes can have significant consequences. Exploring and explaining a litany of glitches, near misses, and mathematical mishaps involving the internet, big data, elections, street signs, lotteries, the Roman Empire, and an Olympic team, Matt Parker uncovers the ways math trips us up"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593084687 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 313 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "First published in Great Britain as "Humble pi : a comedy of maths errors" by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Random House UK, 2019--Title page verso. Page numbers are in reverse order. Includes index. |
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| Subject: | Mathematics. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cookstown Branch | 510 Par | 31681010190049 | NONFIC | Available | - |
Summary:
"This tour of real-world mathematical disasters reveals the importance of math in everyday life. All sorts of seemingly innocuous mathematical mistakes can have significant consequences. Exploring and explaining a litany of glitches, near misses, and mathematical mishaps involving the internet, big data, elections, street signs, lotteries, the Roman Empire, and an Olympic team, Matt Parker uncovers the ways math trips us up"--
