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Humble Pi
When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World
New York : Riverhead Books, 2020.
Format: Book
Description: 314 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"This tour of real-world mathematical disasters reveals the importance of math in everyday life. All sorts of seemingly innocuous mathematical mistakes can have significant consequences. Exploring and explaining a litany of glitches, near misses, and mathematical mishaps involving the internet, big data, elections, street signs, lotteries, the Roman Empire, and an Olympic team, Matt Parker uncovers the ways math trips us up"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
9780593084687
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
MATH Par | Main (Downtown) | Nonfiction | In |
"First published in Great Britain as Hunble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Random House UK, 2019"--Title page verso.
Includes index.
Includes index.