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Humble pi, when math goes wrong in the real world, Matt Parker

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Humble pi, when math goes wrong in the real world, Matt Parker

Language

eng

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illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Humble pi

Oclc number

1099569656

Responsibility statement

Matt Parker

Sub title

when math goes wrong in the real world

Summary

"This tour of real-world mathematical disasters reveals the importance of math in everyday life. All sorts of seemingly innocuous mathematical mistakes can have significant consequences. Exploring and explaining a litany of glitches, near misses, and mathematical mishaps involving the internet, big data, elections, street signs, lotteries, the Roman Empire, and an Olympic team, Matt Parker uncovers the ways math trips us up"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Losing track of time -- Engineering mistakes -- Little data -- Out of shape -- You can't count on it -- Does not compute -- Probably wrong -- Put your money where your mistakes are -- A roundabout way -- Too small to notice -- Units, conventions, and why can't we all just get along? -- Stats the way I like it -- Titloay Rodanm -- Does not compute -- So, what have we learned from out mistakes?

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Humble pie

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