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Availability: Discontinued
Cover: Soft
Condition: Secong hand
Barcode: 9781787475403
Trade code: 51777
ISBN: 9781787475403
Category: Non-fiction All Books

Author: Kit Yates

Kit Yates | The Maths of Life and Death

Price 17.84€ (34.90 лв.)
This product is second hand.
  • 7 Mathematical Principles That Shape Our Lives
    Copyright: © 2019 Kit Yates

    From birthdays to birth rates to how we perceive the passing of time, mathematical patterns shape our lives. But for those of us who left math behind in high school, the numbers and figures hurled at us as we go about our days can sometimes leave us scratching our heads and feeling as if we’re fumbling through a mathematical minefield. In this eye-opening and extraordinarily accessible book, mathemati­cian Kit Yates illuminates hidden principles that can help us understand and navigate the chaotic and often opaque surfaces of our world.

    In The Maths of Life and Death, Yates takes us on a fascinating tour of everyday situations and grand-scale applications of mathematical concepts, including exponential growth and decay, optimization, statistics and probability, and number systems. Along the way he reveals the mathematical undersides of controversies over DNA testing, medical screening results, and historical events such as the Chernobyl disaster and the Amanda Knox trial. Readers will finish this book with an enlightened perspective on the news, the law, medicine, and history, and will be better equipped to make personal decisions and solve problems with math in mind, whether it’s choosing the shortest checkout line at the grocery store or halting the spread of a deadly disease.

      • Language: English
      • Dimensions: 13 х 20 cm
      • Pages: 498
      • Cover: softcover
      • First published: 2019
      • This edition published: 2021


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