The Grapes of Math: How Life Reflects Numbers and Numbers Reflect Life
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Book
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ISBN 10
1451640099
ISBN 13
9781451640090
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Teacher
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Publication Year
2014
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Pages
352
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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. 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. - from Amzon
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1
Library | Accession No | Call No | Copy No | Edition | Location | Availability |
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Main | 980 |
TEA BEL |
1 | Yes |