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Language: English
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2009
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- Title
- 100 Essential Things You Didn'
- Author
- Barrow, John D.
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Publication year
- 2009
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0393070077
- ISBN 13
- 9780393070071
Uses basic mathematics to answer one hundred conundrums from everyday life, from the odds of winning the lottery and the method of determining batting averages to the shapes of roller coasters and the reasoning behind the fairest possible divorce settlements.
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The repetition in the title of this book captures its intriguing character: that knowledge about knowledge is itself knowledge, including what we don t know. John Barrow s focus is on the mathematical ideas that offer insight into what makes the world turn around. They crop up in everything from physics to politics and whet one s appetite for digging deeper [He] directs one s attention to their larger significance, leaving the reader to see the world with a new understanding. --Steven J. Brams, professor of politics, New York University"
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