What's the Use? - Professor Ian Stewart

What's the Use?

The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics
Buch | Softcover
336 Seiten
2022 | Main
Profile Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78125-942-9 (ISBN)
13,70 inkl. MwSt
A bestselling author tries to rehabilitate a much-maligned field.
'Stewart is Britain's most brilliant and prolific populariser of maths' Alex Bellos

'The instructive equivalent of a Michelin-starred tasting menu' Tim Radford

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

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo c. 40 line
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 128 x 198 mm
Gewicht 260 g
Themenwelt Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik
ISBN-10 1-78125-942-9 / 1781259429
ISBN-13 978-1-78125-942-9 / 9781781259429
Zustand Neuware
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