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xiv, 284 pages : 22 cm 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 London : Bodley Head, 2008 Includes bibliographical references Two's company, three's a crowd -- It's a small world after all -- Monkey business -- Independence Day -- Rugby and relativity -- Wagons roll -- A sense of proportion -- Why does the other queue

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Author

Barrow, John D., 1952-2020

Publisher

New York ; London : W.W. Norton & Company

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780393338676

Category

science

Subjects

Mathematics, Science, Stem

Rating

3.44 / 5 (46 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14