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What's the Use? - Professor Ian Stewart

What's the Use?

The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics
Buch | Hardcover
336 Seiten
2021 | Main
Profile Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78125-941-2 (ISBN)
CHF 34,90 inkl. MwSt
A bestselling author tries to rehabillitate a much-maligned field.
Many people think mathematics is useless. They're wrong. In the UK, the 2.8 million people employed in mathematical science occupations contributed £208 billion to the economy in a single year -- that's 10 per cent of the workforce contributing 16 per cent of the economy.
What's the Use? asks why there is such a vast gulf between public perceptions of mathematics and reality. It shows how mathematics is vital, often in surprising ways, behind the scenes of daily life. How politicians pick their voters. How an absurd little puzzle solved 300 years ago leads to efficient methods for kidney transplants. How an Irish mathematician's obsession with a new number system improves special effects in movies and computer games. How SatNav relies on at least six mathematical techniques. And how a bizarre, infinitely wiggly curve, helps to optimise deliveries to your door.

Ian Stewart is Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the University of Warwick and the author of the bestseller Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities. His recent books include Do Dice Play God?, Significant Figures, Incredible Numbers, Seventeen Equations that Changed the World, Professor Stewart's Casebook of Mathematical Mysteries and Calculating the Cosmos (all published by Profile). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society.

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo c. 40 line
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 162 x 236 mm
Gewicht 540 g
Themenwelt Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik
ISBN-10 1-78125-941-0 / 1781259410
ISBN-13 978-1-78125-941-2 / 9781781259412
Zustand Neuware
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