Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World
Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World
Parker, Matt
product information
Condition: New, UPC: 9780593084694, Publication Date: Fri, January 1, 2021, Type: Paperback ,
join & start selling
description
b>

AN ADAM SAVAGE BOOK CLUB PICK

The book-length answer to anyone who ever put their hand up in math class and asked, "When am I ever going to use this in the real world?"

"Fun, informative, and relentlessly entertaining, Humble Pi is a charming and very readable guide to some of humanity's all-time greatest miscalculations--that also gives you permission to feel a little better about some of your own mistakes." --Ryan North, author of How to Invent Everything

Our whole world is built on math, from the code running a website to the equations enabling the design of skyscrapers and bridges. Most of the time this math works quietly behind the scenes . . . until it doesn't. All sorts of seemingly innocuous mathematical mistakes can have significant consequences.

Math is easy to ignore until a misplaced decimal point upends the stock market, a unit conversion error causes a plane to crash, or someone divides by zero and stalls a battleship in the middle of the ocean.

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 bizarre ways math trips us up, and what this reveals about its essential place in our world. Getting it wrong has never been more fun.

reviews

Be the first to write a review

member goods

No member items were found under this heading.

listens & views

SONOTROPISM

by DEMBSKI,STEPHEN

COMPACT DISC

$17.75

NOTHING BUT THE BEAT

by GUETTA,DAVID

VINYL LP

out of stock

$35.99

LOST IN THE STARS: MUSIC ...

by SHULMAN,DEBORAH

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$14.75

TEAM K 3RD STAGE: NONAI ...

by AKB48

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$31.99

Return Policy

All sales are final

Shipping

No special shipping considerations available.
Shipping fees determined at checkout.
promoting relevance through notable postings ]
share it, buy it, sell it ]

A notem is a post that highlights an experience, idea, topic of interest, an event ... whatever a member believes worthy of discussion. Each notem becomes a pathway by which to make meaningful connections.

notems is a free, global social network that rewards members by the number and quality of notems they post.

notemote® © . Privacy Policy. Developed by Hartmann Software Group