How to Solve the Da Vinci Code
and 34 other really interesting uses of mathematics
$38.72
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
30 September 2012
Summary
Crack the Code: A Mathematical Adventure
Can you outrun a bullet?
How do you build an electronic brain?
Could you slow down time?
How do you unleash chaos?
From Plato’s classification of regular polyhedra to making a million on the stock market, Crack the Code gives you everything you need to understand how numbers work, and the impact they have on our lives every day.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780857388384 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 085738838X |
| Author: | Richard Elwes |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | Quercus Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 30 September 2012 |
| Weight: | 272g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 131mm x 26mm |
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‘Here is a brilliantly conceived book on the history, working and going-ons of mathematics … Go out and get a copy for yourself today and become the maths boffin your teacher always wished you were!’ Vision Magazine. * Vision Magazine *
About The Author
Richard Elwes
Dr. Richard Elwes is a writer, teacher, and researcher in Mathematics and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Leeds. He contributes to New Scientist and Plus Magazine and publishes research on model theory. He is the author of Mathematics 1001 published by Quercus.
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