The number mysteries
Du Sautoy, Marcus2011
Book
Every time we download a song from i-tunes, take a flight across the Atlantic or talk on our mobile phones, we are relying on great mathematical inventions. Maths may fail to provide answers to various of its own problems, but it can provide answers to problems that don't seem to be its own -- how prime numbers are the key to Real Madrid's success, to secrets on the Internet and to the survival of insects in the forests of North America. Marcus du Sautoy explains how to fake a Jackson Pollock; how to work out whether or not the universe has a hole in the middle of it; how to make the world's roundest football. He shows us how to see shapes in four dimensions -- and how maths makes you a better gambler. He tells us about the quest to predict the future -- from the flight of asteroids to an impending storm, from bending a ball like Beckham to predicting population growth.
Main title:
The number mysteries / Marcus du Sautoy.
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Work:
Edition:
Paperback ed.
Imprint:
London : Fourth Estate, 2011, c2010.
Collation:
xiv, 304 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
First published: 2010.Includes index.
ISBN:
9780007309863
Dewey class:
510
Language:
English
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BRN:
147854
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library at the Dock | -Science and Nature | SCIENCE 510 DUSA | Available |