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What's the use? : how mathematics shapes everyday life / Ian Stewart.
"An esteemed mathematician shows how math powers the world, from technology to health care and beyond"-- Provided by publisher
Record details
- ISBN: 9781541699489
- ISBN: 1541699483
- Physical Description: 326 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First US edition.
- Publisher: New York : Basic Books, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Originally published in 2021 by Profile Books in the United Kingdom"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-307) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Unreasonable effectiveness -- How politicians pick their voters -- Let the pigeon drive the bus -- The kidneys of Königsberg -- Stay safe in cyberspace -- The number plane -- Papa, can you multiply triplets? -- Boing! -- Trust me, I'm a transform -- Smile, please! -- Are we nearly there yet? -- De-ising the arctic -- Call the topologist -- The fox and the hedgehog. |
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| Subject: | Mathematics. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Erlanger Branch | 510 S849w 2021 (Text) | 33126025264924 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Ian Stewart is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick. He is the accessible and successful (and prolific) author of numerous Basic books on mathematics including, most recently, Calculating the Cosmos. Stewart is also a regular research visitor at the University of Houston, the Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications in Minneapolis, and the Santa Fe Institute. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2001. His writing has appeared in New Scientist, Discover, Scientific American, and many newspapers in the U.K. and U.S. He lives in Coventry, England.