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100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know About Maths and the Arts

Hardcover • 2014 • 1. edition

100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know About Maths and the Arts

By John D. Barrow

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About the book

He takes us on a 100-step tour, guiding us through art forms as various as sculpture, literature, architecture and dance, and reveals what maths can tell us about the mysteries of the worlds of art and design.We find out why diamonds sparkle, how many words Shakespeare knew and why the shower is the best place to sing.

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9781847922311

Publisher

Vintage Publishing

Published year

2014

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1

Original title

100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know About Maths and the Arts

Format

Hardcover

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