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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
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- 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 | - |
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"An esteemed mathematician shows how math powers the world, from technology to health care and beyond"-- - Baker & Taylor
An esteemed mathematician, offering new and profound insights, shows how math isnât just relevant to our lives, it is the very fabric of our existence. 20,000 first printing. - Grand Central PubSee the world in a completely new way as an esteemed mathematician shows how math powers the worldâfrom technology to health care and beyond.
ÂAlmost all of us have sat in a math class, wondering when we'd ever need to know how to find the roots of a polynomial or graph imaginary numbers. And in one sense, we were right: if we needed to, we'd use a computer. But as Ian Stewart argues in What's the Use?, math isn't just about boring computations. Rather, it offers us new and profound insights into our world, allowing us to accomplish feats as significant as space exploration and organ donation. From the trigonometry that keeps a satellite in orbit to the prime numbers used by the world's most advanced security systems to the imaginary numbers that enable augmented reality, math isn't just relevant to our lives. It is the very fabric of our existence.