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PRODUCT OVERVIEW
- ISBN 9781848878457
- Categories BX, BXOS, NF REF, Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction: Personal Development, Reference, WBD
- Author(s) Steven Strogatz
- Publisher Atlantic Books
- Pages 336
- Format Paperback
- Dimensions 12.9cm x 2.5cm x 19.8cm
- Weight 0.33 kg
product description
Maths is everywhere, often where we don't even realise. Award-winning professor Steven Strogatz acts as our guide as he takes us on a tour of numbers that - unbeknownst to the unitiated - connect pop culture, literature, art, philosophy, current affairs, business and even every day life. In The Joy of X, Strogatz explains the great ideas of maths - from negative numbers to calculus, fat tails to infinity - with clarity, wit and insight. He is the maths teacher you never had and this book is perfect for the smart and curious, the expert and the beginner.*This book may have minor shelfwear*
