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008 140326s2014 nyuab b 001 0 eng
010 _a 2014012104
035 _a(Sirsi) i9781451640090
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020 _a9781451640090 (hardback)
020 _a1451640099 (hardback)
020 _a9781451640113 (paperback)
020 _a1451640110 (paperback)
020 _z9781451640120 (ebook)
035 _a(OCoLC)779266418
042 _apcc
050 0 0 _aQA 99 .B195 2014
049 _aVF$A
100 1 _aBellos, Alex,
_d1969-
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe grapes of math :
_bhow life reflects numbers and numbers reflect life /
_cAlex Bellos ; illustrations by the Surreal McCoy.
250 _aFirst Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bSimon & Schuster,
_c2014.
300 _axiii, 337 pages :
_billustrations, map ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 304-322) and index.
520 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aMathematics
_vMiscellanea.
650 7 _aMATHEMATICS / General.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aMATHEMATICS / Essays.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aMathematics.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01012163
655 7 _aMiscellanea.
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938 _aIngram
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938 _aBaker and Taylor
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