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Humble Pi A Comedy of Maths Errors

Paperback • 2020 • English

Humble Pi A Comedy of Maths Errors

By Matt Parker

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About the book

What makes a bridge wobble when it's not meant to? How do billions of dollars mysteriously vanish into thin air? How does a building rock when its resonant frequency matches a gym class leaping to Snap's 1990 hit I've Got The Power? The answer is maths. Or, to be precise, what happens when maths goes wrong in the real world. As Matt Parker shows us, our modern lives are built on maths- computer programmes, finance, engineering. And most of the time this maths works quietly behind the scenes, ...Show more

Number theory
Probability and statistics
Optimization

Book details

ISBN

9780141989143

Publisher

Penguin Books

Published year

2020

Language

English

Original title

Humble Pi A Comedy of Maths Errors

Format

Paperback

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