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Make sure the numbers add up...
This huge and stylish DK book will help you discover 85 of the most important mathematical ideas, theorems and proof of all time - and learn all about the minds that came up with them.
From fractions to shapes and patterns to numbers, all the information is presented in authoritative and concise text that complements the bold graphic illustrations. This book reveals how maths is used in everything from world economies and modern technology to computers and AI.
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Originally a maths teacher from Australia, Matt Parker is a now a stand-up comedian, mathematics communicator, and prominent maths YouTuber on the Numberphile and Stand-up Maths channels, where his videos have had over 100 million views. Matt performs live comedy with Festival of the Spoken Nerd and once calculated pi live in front of a sold-out Royal Albert Hall. He also presents television and radio programmes for the BBC and the Discovery channel,
and his 2019 book Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors topped the Sunday Times best-seller chart.
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- PublisherDK
- Publication date2019
- ISBN 10 0241350360
- ISBN 13 9780241350362
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages352
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