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What's the Use? The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics

Name: What's the Use? The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics
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ISBN: 9781781259412

Av Ian Stewart

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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...Vis mer

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Profile Books Limited

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2021

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What's the Use? The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics

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