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Figuring It Out : Entertaining Encounters with Everyday Math by Nuno Crato is a reference work available to read on EtoBox.
What is Figuring It Out : Entertaining Encounters with Everyday Math about?
This is a book of mathematical stories — funny and puzzling mathematical stories. They tell of villains who try to steal secrets, heroes who encode their messages, and mathematicians who spend years on end searching for the best way to pile oranges. There are also stories about highway confusions occurring when the rules of Cartesian geometry are ignored, small-change errors due to ignorance of ancient paradoxes, and mistakes in calendars arising from poor numerical approximations. This book is about the power and beauty of mathematics. It shows mathematics in action, explained in a way that everybody can understand. It is a book for enticing youngsters and inspiring teachers. Nuno Crato is a leading science writer and mathematician, whose entertaining essays have won a number of international awards.
Who reads Figuring It Out : Entertaining Encounters with Everyday Math?
It is typically read by readers who need quick, reliable lookup and repeat reference.
Common subject areas: reference, language, dictionaries and manuals.
- Author
- Nuno Crato
- Publisher
- Copernicus
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9783642048326
- Category
- reference
- Subjects
- Mathematics, Reference, Science
- Rating
- 4.17 / 5 (12 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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