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What's the Use?: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics

Autor Professor Ian Stewart
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 aug 2022
'Stewart is Britain's most brilliant and prolific populariser of maths' Alex Bellos'The instructive equivalent of a Michelin-starred tasting menu' Tim RadfordMany 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. And how a bizarre, infinitely wiggly curve helps to optimise deliveries to your door.
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ISBN-13: 9781781259429
ISBN-10: 1781259429
Pagini: 336
Ilustrații: c. 40 line
Dimensiuni: 128 x 198 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Ediția:Main
Editura: Profile
Colecția Profile Books
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

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 and Seventeen Equations that Changed the World (all published by Profile). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society.

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Praise for Ian Stewart: 'Humbling and inspiring. Stewart shows with his typical clarity how the power of pure thought has shaped our world for over two millennia
This is not pure maths. It is maths contaminated with wit, wisdom, and wonder ... A mind-boggling journey from the ultra trivial to the profound
An engaging history ... [Stewart] at his best
Captivating ... Ian Stewart shows us how math makes the world - and the rest of the universe - go round
Stewart has served up the instructive equivalent of a Michelin-starred tasting menu
Richly informative [and] revealing ... If you believe mathematics offers little of practical use, Stewart is back to show you the error of your ways
This is a superb Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities that deserves a place with the classics of the genre.
Intriguing ... [Do Dice Play God? is] a challenging but rewarding trip through a quantum world of uncertainties.
The innumerate will struggle, but every reader will encounter gems and jolts in this expert analysis of probability
[An] entertaining guide
[Stewart] can make tricky ideas simple ... with aplomb
We live in a mathematically driven world in this 21st Century world that we have created, but oftentimes the mathematics is completely hidden from the end-user. Professor Stewart brings the mathematics out into the open