Description
From predicting asteroid paths and approaching storms to bending a football like Beckham, this lively introduction to mathematics reveals how numbers help us make sense of the world. Marcus du Sautoy explores five fascinating mathematical mysteries, showing how puzzles involving patterns, probability, geometry, chaos, and infinity have shaped scientific discovery. Along the way, readers learn how mathematics can be used to imitate a Jackson Pollock painting, investigate the shape of the universe, and uncover order within apparent randomness. Accessible, imaginative, and full of surprising examples, the book presents mathematics as a creative adventure rather than a set of dry formulas.
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paperback
Palgrave Macmillan
Published Jan 1, 2011
264 pages
ISBN: 9780230113848
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First Published
2010
Language
eng
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