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100 essential things you didn't know you didn't know, math explains your world, John D. Barrow

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100 essential things you didn't know you didn't know, math explains your world, John D. Barrow
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eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-284)
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illustrations
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no index present
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non fiction
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100 essential things you didn't know you didn't know
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bibliography
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John D. Barrow
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math explains your world
Summary
Mathematics can reveal and illuminate things about the complex world we live in that can't be found any other way. The author takes the most perplexing of everyday phenomena--from the odds of winning the lottery and the method of determining batting averages to the shapes of roller coasters and the reasoning behind the fairest possible divorce settlements--and explains why things work the way they do. With elementary math and accompanying illustrations, he sheds light on the mysterious corners of the world we encounter every day.
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