Bellos, Alex,  1969- <br/><br/>
The grapes of math :  how life reflects numbers and numbers reflect life / 
Alex Bellos ; illustrations by the Surreal McCoy. 
 - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. 
 - xiii, 337 pages :  illustrations, map ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-322) and index. 
<br/><br/> "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"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781451640090 (hardback) 1451640099 (hardback) 9781451640113 (paperback) 1451640110 (paperback) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014012104 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mathematics--Miscellanea.<br/>MATHEMATICS / General.<br/>SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural.<br/>MATHEMATICS / Essays.<br/>Mathematics.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Miscellanea.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QA 99 .B195 2014