How not to be wrong : the hidden maths of everyday life / Jordan Ellenberg.

By:

Ellenberg, Jordan, 1971-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Allen Lane, 2014.Description: 468 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cmISBN:

9781846146787 (hbk.)

Subject(s):

Mathematics -- Popular works

DDC classification:

510 ELL

Summary: The maths we learn in school can seem like an abstract set of rules, laid down by the ancients and not to be questioned. This book shows us, maths touches on everything we do, and a little mathematical knowledge reveals the hidden structures that lie beneath the world's messy and chaotic surface.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The maths we learn in school can seem like an abstract set of rules, laid down by the ancients and not to be questioned. This book shows us, maths touches on everything we do, and a little mathematical knowledge reveals the hidden structures that lie beneath the world's messy and chaotic surface.

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