The Grapes of Math
- Authors
- Bellos, Alex
- Publisher
- Simon Schuster
- Tags
- science
- ISBN
- 9781451640120
- Date
- 2014-06-10T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 23.72 MB
- Lang
- en
From triangles, rotations and power laws, to cones, curves and the dreaded calculus, Alex takes you on a journey of mathematical discovery with his signature wit and limitless enthusiasm. He sifts through over 30,000 survey submissions to uncover the world’s favourite number, and meets a mathematician who looks for universes in his garage. He attends the World Mathematical Congress in India, and visits the engineer who designed the first roller-coaster loop.
Get hooked on math as Alex delves deep into humankind’s turbulent relationship with numbers, and reveals how they have shaped the world we live in.