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- 2008055910 abstract "Mathematics can reveal and illuminate things about the complex world we live in that can't be found any other way. In this informative and entertaining book, John D. Barrow 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. Have you ever considered why you always seem to get stuck in the longest line? Why two's company but three's a crowd? Or why there are six degrees of separation instead of seven? This clever little book has all the answers to these puzzling, everyday questions of existence that need not perplex us any more.--From publisher description.".
- 2008055910 alternative "Math explains your world".
- 2008055910 alternative "One hundred essential things you didn't know you didn't know".
- 2008055910 contributor B11138585.
- 2008055910 created "2009.".
- 2008055910 date "2009".
- 2008055910 date "2009.".
- 2008055910 dateCopyrighted "2009.".
- 2008055910 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-284).".
- 2008055910 description "Mathematics can reveal and illuminate things about the complex world we live in that can't be found any other way. In this informative and entertaining book, John D. Barrow 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. Have you ever considered why you always seem to get stuck in the longest line? Why two's company but three's a crowd? Or why there are six degrees of separation instead of seven? This clever little book has all the answers to these puzzling, everyday questions of existence that need not perplex us any more.--From publisher description.".
- 2008055910 extent "xiv, 284 p. :".
- 2008055910 identifier "0393070077 (hardcover)".
- 2008055910 identifier "9780393070071 (hardcover) :".
- 2008055910 issued "2009".
- 2008055910 issued "2009.".
- 2008055910 language "eng".
- 2008055910 publisher "New York : W.W. Norton & Co.,".
- 2008055910 subject "510 22".
- 2008055910 subject "Mathematics Miscellanea.".
- 2008055910 subject "QA99 .B188 2009".
- 2008055910 title "100 essential things you didn't know you didn't know : math explains your world / John D. Barrow.".
- 2008055910 title "Math explains your world".
- 2008055910 title "One hundred essential things you didn't know you didn't know".
- 2008055910 type "text".