The Grapes Of Math: How Life Reflects Numbers And Numbers Reflect Life

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--

• • Author: Alex Bellos
• • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• • Publication Date: Jun 23, 2015
• • Number of Pages: 352 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1451640110
• • ISBN-13: 9781451640113