100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know - Rilegato

Barrow, John D.

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9781847920034: 100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know

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ISBN 10: 1847920039 ISBN 13: 9781847920034

Casa editrice: Bodley Head, 2008

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'If people do not believe that mathematics is simple,
it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.'
John von Neumann

Mathematics can tell you things about the world that can't be learned in any other way. This hugely informative and wonderfully entertaining little book answers one hundred essential questions about existence. It unravels the knotty, clarifies the conundrums and sheds light into dark corners. From winning the lottery, placing bets at the races and escaping from bears to sports, Shakepeare, Google, game theory, drunks, divorce settlements and dodgy accounting; from chaos to infinity and everything in between, 100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know has all the answers!

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"Need a Christmas present for someone who likes interesting facts, with a mathematical flavour? Then this is the book.'... a pot pourri of intriguing things" (Standpoint)

"it would be hard to imagine an easier, friendlier, more entertaining introduction (to maths) than John Barrow's 100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know... There are even belly laughs" (Daily Telegraph)

"Fascinating" (Scotsman)

Descrizione del libro:

Eminent cosmologist Professor John Barrow uses simple mathematics to explain one hundred of life's most perplexing questions...

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