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What's the Use? The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics

Hardcover • 2021 • English • 5. edition

What's the Use? The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics

By Ian Stewart

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About the book

Many people think mathematics is useless. They're wrong. In the UK, the 2.8 million people employed in the mathematical science occupations contributed £208 billion to the economy in a single year - that's 10 per cent of the workforce contributing 16 per cent of the economy. What's the Use? asks why there is such a vast gulf between public perceptions of mathematics and reality. It shows how mathematics is vital, often in surprising ways, behind the scenes of daily life. How politicians pick the...Show more

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Book details

ISBN

9781781259412

Publisher

Profile Books Limited

Published year

2021

Language

English

Edition

5

Original title

What's the Use? The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics

Format

Hardcover

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