The grapes of math : how life reflects numbers and numbers reflect life

Bellos, Alex 1969- (Author).

Summary: "From the bestselling author of Here's Looking at Euclid, a dazzling new book that turns even the most complex math into a brilliantly entertaining narrative. From triangles, rotations and power laws, to cones, curves and the dreaded calculus, Alex takes you on a journey of mathematical discovery with his signature wit and limitless enthusiasm. He sifts through over 30,000 survey submissions to uncover the world's favorite 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 Alex delves deep into humankind's turbulent relationship with numbers, and reveals how they have shaped the world we live in"--

Record details

ISBN: 1451640110
ISBN: 9781451640113
Physical Description: print
xiii, 337 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Edition: First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.
Publisher: New York: Simon & Schuster, 2015.
Copyright: ©2014.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Appendices: pages 291-303.
Formatted Contents Note:	Every number tells a story -- The long tail of the law -- Love triangles -- Coneheads -- Bring on the revolution -- All about e -- The positive power of negative thinking -- Professor calculus -- The titl of this chapter contains three erors -- Cell mates.