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What's the Use?
Ian Stewart
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Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik / Mathematik
Beschreibung
'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.
Rezensionen
Captivating ... Ian Stewart shows us how math makes the world - and the rest of the universe - go round
[Stewart] can make tricky ideas simple ... with aplomb
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
Stewart has served up the instructive equivalent of a Michelin-starred tasting menu
<b>Praise for Ian Stewart: </b>'
Richly informative [and] revealing ... If you believe mathematics offers little of practical use, Stewart is back to show you the error of your ways
An engaging history ... [Stewart] at his best
[An] entertaining guide <i></i>
Intriguing ... [ <i>Do Dice Play God?</i> is] a challenging but rewarding trip through a quantum world of uncertainties.
This is a superb <i>Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities </i>that deserves a place with the classics of the genre.
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
The innumerate will struggle, but every reader will encounter gems and jolts in this expert analysis of probability
Kundenbewertungen
The Indisputable Existence of Santa Claus, Brief History of Infinity Brian Clegg, Humble Pi Matt Parker, The Art of Logic, Do Dice Play God Ian Stewart, Zero Charles Seife, Fermat's Last Theorem Simon Singh, X +Y eugenia Cheng, How to Think Alan Jacobs, Infinite Powers Steven Strogatz