Author: Bellos, Alex

Price: $17.69

Category:Mathematics
Publication Date:2015-06-23T00:00:01Z
Pages:352
Binding:Paperback
ISBN:10:1451640110
ISBN:13:9781451640113
From triangles, rotations and power laws, to cones, curves and the dreaded calculus, the author takes you on a journey of mathematical discovery. 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 he delves deep into humankind's turbulent relationship with numbers, and reveals how they have shaped the world we live in. -- Provided by publisher.