Humble Pi : A Comedy of Maths Errors Free Download

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Publisher: Penguin Books, Limited
Genres: History Of Mathematics, Funny Books & Stories
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Pages: 336 pages
ISBN10: 0141989149
ISBN13: 9780141989143
Tags: History Of Mathematics, Funny Books & Stories, Free Download, PDF Download
Language: en
Physical Form: eBook
Type: PDF
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, until ... it doesn't. Exploring and explaining a litany of glitches, near-misses and mishaps involving the internet, big data, elections, street signs, lotteries, the Roman empire and a hapless Olympic shooting team, Matt Parker shows us the bizarre ways maths trips us up, and what this reveals about its essential place in our world. This book shows how, by making maths our friend, we can learn from its pitfalls. It also contains puzzles, challenges, geometric socks, jokes about binary code and three deliberate mistakes. Getting it wrong has never been more fun.

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Yes PDF May 13, 2021
Nice Book and easy download, thank you.