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Humble pi : when math goes wrong in the real world / Matt Parker.
"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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593084687
- ISBN: 0593084683
- Physical Description: 314 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2019.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Page numbers are in reverse order. First published in Great Britain as: Humble pi : a comedy of maths errors by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Random House Uk, 2019--Title page verso. Includes index. |
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| Subject: | Mathematics > Popular works. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Terrace Public Library | 510 PAR (Text) | 35151001102003 | Adult Non-fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
