Mathmatters: The Hidden Calculations of Everyday Life - Hardcover

Waring, Chris

 
9781789293678: Mathmatters: The Hidden Calculations of Everyday Life
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1789293677 ISBN 13: 9781789293678
Verlag: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd, 2022

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Mathmatters is a humorous guide to the hidden calculations that are essential to everything we do.From making a cup of coffee to negotiating traffic to selecting candidates for an interview, we can't make it through the day without employing some essential mathematics. Did you know that there are some serious calculations involved in making the perfect cup of coffee? That an understanding of Braess's paradox will mean you can remain calm about road closures on your commute as they may make your journey faster? Or that your online shopping habit can teach you about game theory?Full of easy-to-understand mathematics and fun, if not entirely helpful, illustrations, Mathmatters is your essential guide to understanding the rules and measures that surround us every day, and determine the outcome of every move we make, every button we press and much of our decision-making, whether we are aware of it or not.Perfect for:•math nerds•readers of fun reference, trivia

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Chris Waring studied for a degree in Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College, London before becoming a maths teacher. Since then he has taught small children and Oxbridge candidates and everybody in between. He is the author of An Equation for Every Occasion, Maths in Bite-sized Chunks and From Zero to Infinity in 26 Centuries, also published by Michael O’Mara Books.

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Verlag
Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2022
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1789293677
ISBN 13 
9781789293678
Einband
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Anzahl der Seiten
192
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